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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and VWO +12.1%.

Which is cheaper, DEM or VWO?

VWO 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 VWO overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DEM vs VWO: Differences, Returns & Fees

DEM and VWO hold 14% 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 $125.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF.

VWO costs 0.57 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.0 points.

	DEM	VWO
Expense ratio	0.63%	0.06%
Net assets, DEM as of Jun 30, 2026 and VWO as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.9bn	$125.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+27.1%	+12.1%
What it tracks	WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index	FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index
Holdings in common	14%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.2%	28.9%

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

+27.1%

DEM total return, 1 year

+12.1%

VWO total return, 1 year

0.63%

DEM expense ratio

0.06%

VWO expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DEM and VWO hold 14% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DEM VWO

MEDIATEK INC 6.71% 1.47%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP 4.04% 0.86%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD (THE) 2.45% 0.62%

PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD 1.33% 0.37%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 1.89% 0.33%

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP 3.15% 0.32%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.74% 0.30%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 1.16% 0.29%

SAUDI NATIONAL BANK (THE) 0.76% 0.27%

CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.66% 0.27%

GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE SAB DE CV 1.78% 0.26%

FIRSTRAND LTD 0.90% 0.26%

Only in DEM

ORLEN SA 1.65%

POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SA 1.48%

BANK POLSKA KASA OPIEKI SA 0.73%

ADVANCED INFO SERVICE PCL 0.63%

PTT PCL 0.57%

POWSZECHNY ZAKLAD UBEZPIECZEN SA 0.47%

KT&G CORP 0.43%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.32%

Only in VWO

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 14.73%

SLCMT1142 3.18%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 2.90%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.19%

MKTLIQ 1.21%

Delta Electronics Inc 0.90%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.78%

Reliance Industries Ltd 0.73%

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On the same fields

DEM

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

VWO

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer WisdomTree Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index of Emerging markets

Total return, 1 year +27.1% +12.1%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +9.9 pts −5.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.63% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 516 6356

Net assets, DEM as of Jun 30, 2026 and VWO as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.9bn $125.4bn

DEM and VWO 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%.

VWO in plain words

VWO tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6,356 positions, with the top ten at 28.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DEM or VWO?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and VWO +12.1%.
Which is cheaper, DEM or VWO?: VWO 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 VWO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DEM and 0% of VWO 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 ↗VWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VWO ↗

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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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