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DFAE vs FNDE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFAE and FNDE hold 35% 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 $9.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

DFAE costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.2 points.

DFAEFNDE
Expense ratio0.29%0.39%
Net assets, DFAE as of Jul 31, 2026 and FNDE as of May 31, 2026$9.5bn$9.6bn
Total return, 1 year+26.0%+23.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managednot read by ETFIQ
Holdings in common35%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.5%27.4%
Below its high5.0%, high on Jun 22, 2026

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

+26.0%
DFAE total return, 1 year
+23.8%
FNDE total return, 1 year
0.29%
DFAE expense ratio
0.39%
FNDE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFAE and FNDE hold 35% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

half

35% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFAE FNDE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 13.19% 6.48%
Tencent Holdings Limited 2.57% 1.51%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.20% 2.71%
MediaTek Inc. 0.97% 1.79%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79% 3.31%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.77% 2.38%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.62% 0.77%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.46% 1.28%
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.43% 1.11%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.40% 0.80%
PDD Holdings Inc. 0.39% 0.40%
BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.35% 1.19%
Only in DFAE
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 5.17%
SK hynix Inc. 4.54%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.67%
ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.39%
HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.35%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.33%
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.31%
Only in FNDE
JD.com Inc 1.38%
PTT PCL 0.82%
Baidu Inc 0.60%
Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd 0.31%
Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corp 0.28%
Kasikornbank PCL 0.28%
Metalurgica Gerdau SA 0.27%
BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd 0.26%

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On the same fields

DFAE
Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF
FNDE
Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Schwab
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +26.0% +23.8%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +8.8 pts +6.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.29% 0.39%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 6272 354
Net assets, DFAE as of Jul 31, 2026 and FNDE as of May 31, 2026 $9.5bn $9.6bn

DFAE and FNDE 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.

FNDE in plain words

FNDE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +23.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 354 positions, with the top ten at 27.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFAE or FNDE?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFAE returned +26.0% and FNDE +23.8%.
Which is cheaper, DFAE or FNDE?
DFAE is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFAE and FNDE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFAE and 0% of FNDE 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 ↗FNDE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FNDE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab 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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