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DFAE vs ESGE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAE and ESGE hold 46% of their weight in the same names, and ESGE returned +26.7% over the year. Net assets: $9.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF, and $6.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF.

ESGE costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; DFAE is 1.4 times larger.

DFAEESGE
Expense ratio0.29%0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$9.5bn$6.6bn
Total return, 1 year+26.0%+26.7%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI Emerging Markets Extended ESG Focus Index
Holdings in common46%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.5%39.6%
Below its high5.0%, high on Jun 22, 20264.6%, 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
+26.7%
ESGE total return, 1 year
0.29%
DFAE expense ratio
0.25%
ESGE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAE and ESGE hold 46% 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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46% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAE ESGE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.19% 16.07%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.17% 7.53%
SK hynix Inc. 4.54% 5.80%
Tencent Holdings Limited 2.57% 2.34%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.20% 1.61%
MediaTek Inc. 0.97% 1.76%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79% 0.68%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.62% 1.14%
ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45% 0.53%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.40% 0.39%
XIAOMI CORPORATION 0.41% 0.38%
MEITUAN 0.35% 0.38%
Only in DFAE
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.46%
BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.44%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.39%
PDD Holdings Inc. 0.39%
BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.35%
AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 0.31%
HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.31%
Only in ESGE
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.21%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.05%
AL RAJHI BANK 0.76%
UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.68%
SK SQUARE 0.67%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.64%
MOTIVA INFRAESTRUTURA DE MOBILIDAD 0.59%
PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) CO OF CH 0.54%

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On the same fields

DFAE
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF
ESGE
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM 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% +26.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +8.8 pts +9.4 pts
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.25%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 6272 296
Net assets, DFAE as of Jul 31, 2026 and ESGE as of Oct 9, 2026 $9.5bn $6.9bn

DFAE and ESGE 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.

ESGE in plain words

ESGE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.7% 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 296 positions, with the top ten at 39.6%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAE or ESGE?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAE returned +26.0% and ESGE +26.7%.
Which is cheaper, DFAE or ESGE?
ESGE 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 ESGE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAE and 0% of ESGE 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 ↗ESGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGE ↗

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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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