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DEM vs XCEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

DEM and XCEM hold 12% of their weight in the same names, and XCEM returned +43.8% over the year. Net assets on Jun 30, 2026: $3.9bn for WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund and $2.1bn for Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF.

XCEM costs 0.47 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.7 points; DEM is 1.9 times larger.

DEM vs XCEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
DEMXCEM
Expense ratio0.63%0.16%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$3.9bn$2.1bn
Total return, 1 year+27.1%+43.8%
What it tracksWisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend IndexBeta Thematic Emerging Markets ex-China Index
Holdings in common12%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund26.2%37.4%
Below its high6.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

+27.1%
DEM total return, 1 year
+43.8%
XCEM total return, 1 year
0.63%
DEM expense ratio
0.16%
XCEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DEM and XCEM hold 12% 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.

half

12% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DEM XCEM
MEDIATEK INC 6.71% 1.57%
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP 3.15% 0.72%
CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD 1.16% 0.62%
POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SA 1.48% 0.53%
FIRSTRAND LTD 0.90% 0.42%
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 1.89% 0.38%
POWSZECHNY ZAKLAD UBEZPIECZEN SA 0.47% 0.33%
HANA FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.32% 0.34%
CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.66% 0.31%
SAUDI NATIONAL BANK (THE) 0.76% 0.30%
QUANTA COMPUTER INC 1.58% 0.29%
FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING COMPANY LTD 0.74% 0.26%
Only in DEM
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP 4.04%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD (THE) 2.45%
PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) COMPANY OF CHINA LTD 1.33%
INDUSTRIAL BANK COMPANY LTD 1.18%
CHINA SHENHUA ENERGY COMPANY LTD 0.85%
HOLY STONE ENTERPRISE COMPANY LTD 0.77%
TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD 0.74%
AXIA ENERGIA SA 0.61%
Only in XCEM
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 14.94%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 9.69%
SK hynix Inc 4.56%
Delta Electronics Inc 1.49%
Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd 1.40%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 1.05%
SK Square Co Ltd 0.94%
HDFC Bank Ltd 0.91%

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On the same fields

DEM
WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund
XCEM
Columbia EM Core ex-China ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer WisdomTree Columbia
What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +27.1% +43.8%
Expense ratio 0.63% 0.16%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 516 449
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 $3.9bn $2.1bn

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

About DEM

DEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested. 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%.

About XCEM

XCEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +43.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.16% 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 449 positions, with the top ten at 37.4%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DEM or XCEM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DEM returned +27.1% and XCEM +43.8%.
Which is cheaper, DEM or XCEM?
XCEM is cheaper, by 0.47 percentage points a year. That is about $47 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DEM and XCEM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DEM and 0% of XCEM 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 ↗XCEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗XCEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Columbia 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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