Which returned more over the last year, DFAE or EMXC?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAE returned +26.0% and EMXC +47.3%.

Which is cheaper, DFAE or EMXC?

EMXC 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 EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DFAE vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAE and EMXC hold 50% of their weight in the same names, and EMXC returned +47.3% over the year. Net assets: $9.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF, and $25.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF.

EMXC costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.3 points; EMXC is 2.5 times larger.

	DFAE	EMXC
Expense ratio	0.29%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$9.5bn	$23.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+26.0%	+47.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index
Holdings in common	50%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.5%	44.0%
Below its high	5.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026	7.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+26.0%

DFAE total return, 1 year

+47.3%

EMXC total return, 1 year

0.29%

DFAE expense ratio

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAE and EMXC hold 50% 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 8, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFAE EMXC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.19% 19.88%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.17% 9.25%

SK hynix Inc. 4.54% 7.01%

MediaTek Inc. 0.97% 2.14%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79% 0.97%

DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.62% 1.21%

ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45% 0.73%

BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.44% 0.53%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.40% 0.71%

HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.35% 0.82%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.33% 0.65%

HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.31% 0.33%

Only in DFAE

Tencent Holdings Limited 2.57%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.20%

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%

XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.41%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.39%

Only in EMXC

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.18%

SK SQUARE 0.73%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 0.54%

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.53%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO PREF SA 0.51%

CIA VALE DO RIO DOCE SH 0.50%

AL RAJHI BANK 0.49%

GRUPO MEXICO B 0.38%

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On the same fields

DFAE

Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Dimensional iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China

Total return, 1 year +26.0% +47.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +8.8 pts +30.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.29% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 6272 640

Net assets, DFAE as of Jul 31, 2026 and EMXC as of Oct 9, 2026 $9.5bn $25.8bn

DFAE and EMXC 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.

EMXC in plain words

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +47.3% 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 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 640 positions, with the top ten at 44.0%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAE or EMXC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAE returned +26.0% and EMXC +47.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFAE or EMXC?: EMXC 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 EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAE and 0% of EMXC 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 ↗EMXC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EMXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EMXC ↗

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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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