Which returned more over the last year, DEM or SCHE?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and SCHE +12.6%.

Which is cheaper, DEM or SCHE?

SCHE is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DEM and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DEM and 0% of SCHE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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DEM vs SCHE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DEM and SCHE hold 15% of their weight in the same names, and DEM returned +27.1% over the year. Net assets: $3.9bn on Jun 30, 2026 for WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund, and $12.7bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

SCHE costs 0.57 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.5 points.

	DEM	SCHE
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.06%
Net assets, DEM as of Jun 30, 2026 and SCHE as of May 31, 2026	$3.9bn	$12.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+27.1%	+12.6%
What it tracks	WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index	FTSE Emerging Index
Holdings in common	15%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.2%	30.3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

+27.1%

DEM total return, 1 year

+12.6%

SCHE total return, 1 year

0.63%

DEM expense ratio

0.06%

SCHE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DEM and SCHE hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DEM SCHE

MEDIATEK INC 6.71% 1.88%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP 4.04% 0.88%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD (THE) 2.45% 0.63%

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP 3.15% 0.50%

PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD 1.33% 0.46%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 1.89% 0.41%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 1.16% 0.32%

SAUDI NATIONAL BANK (THE) 0.76% 0.29%

FIRSTRAND LTD 0.90% 0.28%

GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE SAB DE CV 1.78% 0.28%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.74% 0.27%

QUANTA COMPUTER INC 1.58% 0.27%

Only in DEM

ORLEN SA 1.65%

POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SA 1.48%

HOLY STONE ENTERPRISE COMPANY LTD 0.77%

BANK POLSKA KASA OPIEKI SA 0.73%

POWSZECHNY ZAKLAD UBEZPIECZEN SA 0.47%

KT&G CORP 0.43%

NICHIDENBO CORP 0.37%

L&K ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD 0.33%

Only in SCHE

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 17.05%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.15%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%

Delta Electronics Inc 1.40%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 1.04%

Reliance Industries Ltd 0.88%

HDFC Bank Ltd 0.83%

ICICI Bank Ltd 0.65%

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On the same fields

DEM

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer WisdomTree Schwab

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +27.1% +12.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.9 pts −4.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 516 2178

Net assets, DEM as of Jun 30, 2026 and SCHE as of May 31, 2026 $3.9bn $12.7bn

DEM and SCHE on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

DEM in plain words

DEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.63% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 516 positions, with the top ten at 26.2%.

SCHE in plain words

SCHE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,178 positions, with the top ten at 30.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DEM or SCHE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and SCHE +12.6%.
Which is cheaper, DEM or SCHE?: SCHE is cheaper, by 0.57 percentage points a year. That is about $57 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DEM and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DEM and 0% of SCHE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree website ↗SCHE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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