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DFAE vs EMGF: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAE and EMGF hold 49% of their weight in the same names, and EMGF returned +28.0% over the year. Net assets: $9.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF, and $1.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF.

EMGF costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; DFAE is 5.2 times larger.

DFAE vs EMGF: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFAEEMGF
Expense ratio0.29%0.26%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$9.5bn$1.8bn
Total return, 1 year+26.0%+28.0%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedSTOXX Emerging Markets Equity Factor Index
Holdings in common49%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.5%31.7%
Below its high5.0%, high on Jun 22, 20266.4%, 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
+28.0%
EMGF total return, 1 year
0.29%
DFAE expense ratio
0.26%
EMGF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAE and EMGF hold 49% 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.

half

49% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAE EMGF
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.19% 10.48%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.17% 6.58%
SK hynix Inc. 4.54% 4.82%
Tencent Holdings Limited 2.57% 2.56%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.20% 1.85%
MediaTek Inc. 0.97% 1.81%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79% 0.77%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.62% 1.02%
ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45% 0.56%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.40% 0.48%
PDD Holdings Inc. 0.39% 0.53%
HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.35% 0.42%
Only in DFAE
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.77%
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%
BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.35%
AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 0.31%
HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.31%
Only in EMGF
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.06%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.76%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.67%
BANK OF CHINA LTD H 0.65%
SK SQUARE 0.57%
CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 0.49%
UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.45%
TAIWAN COOPERATIVE FINANCIAL HOLDI 0.35%

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On the same fields

DFAE
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF
EMGF
iShares Emerging Markets Equity 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% +28.0%
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.26%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 6272 717
Net assets, DFAE as of Jul 31, 2026 and EMGF as of Oct 9, 2026 $9.5bn $1.9bn

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

About DFAE

DFAE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.0% with distributions reinvested. 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.

About EMGF

EMGF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% 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 717 positions, with the top ten at 31.7%. 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, DFAE or EMGF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAE returned +26.0% and EMGF +28.0%.
Which is cheaper, DFAE or EMGF?
EMGF is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAE and EMGF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAE and 0% of EMGF 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 ↗EMGF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EMGF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EMGF ↗

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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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