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DFAE vs EEMV: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAE and EEMV hold 18% of their weight in the same names, and DFAE returned +26.0% over the year. Net assets: $9.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF, and $3.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF.

EEMV costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.7 points; DFAE is 2.7 times larger.

DFAEEEMV
Expense ratio0.29%0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$9.5bn$3.4bn
Total return, 1 year+26.0%+18.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility (USD) Index
Holdings in common18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.5%15.7%
Below its high5.0%, high on Jun 22, 20263.7%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+26.0%
DFAE total return, 1 year
+18.3%
EEMV total return, 1 year
0.29%
DFAE expense ratio
0.25%
EEMV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAE and EEMV hold 18% 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 Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAE EEMV
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.19% 1.63%
SK hynix Inc. 4.54% 1.55%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.17% 1.53%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.62% 1.46%
MediaTek Inc. 0.97% 0.45%
BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.44% 1.06%
XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.41% 0.52%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.33% 0.71%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.40% 0.33%
HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.35% 0.30%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79% 0.28%
ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45% 0.28%
Only in DFAE
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.20%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.46%
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.43%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.39%
PDD Holdings Inc. 0.39%
MEITUAN 0.35%
BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.35%
Only in EEMV
UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 1.77%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.73%
BANK OF CHINA LTD H 1.61%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 1.34%
SAUDI TELECOM 1.21%
TAIWAN COOPERATIVE FINANCIAL HOLDI 1.17%
ADVANCED INFO SERVICE NON-VOTING D 1.08%
AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA LTD H 1.08%

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On the same fields

DFAE
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF
EEMV
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +26.0% +18.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +8.8 pts +1.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.25%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 6272 299
Net assets, DFAE as of Jul 31, 2026 and EEMV as of Oct 9, 2026 $9.5bn $3.6bn

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

DFAE in plain words

DFAE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.29% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6,272 positions, with the top ten at 30.5%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

EEMV in plain words

EEMV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 299 positions, with the top ten at 15.7%. It sat 3.7% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAE or EEMV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAE returned +26.0% and EEMV +18.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFAE or EEMV?
EEMV is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAE and EEMV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAE and 0% of EEMV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFAE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFAE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗EEMV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EEMV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EEMV ↗

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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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