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DFEM vs EEMV: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFEM and EEMV hold 16% of their weight in the same names, and DFEM returned +26.1% over the year. Net assets: $9.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF, and $3.6bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Min Vol Factor ETF.

EEMV costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.8 points; DFEM is 2.6 times larger.

DFEMEEMV
Expense ratio0.39%0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$9.0bn$3.4bn
Total return, 1 year+26.1%+18.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI Emerging Markets Minimum Volatility (USD) Index
Holdings in common16%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund24.3%15.7%
Below its high4.3%, high on Jun 22, 20263.7%, high on Jun 22, 2026

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

+26.1%
DFEM total return, 1 year
+18.3%
EEMV total return, 1 year
0.39%
DFEM expense ratio
0.25%
EEMV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFEM and EEMV hold 16% 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

16% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFEM EEMV
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 10.26% 1.63%
SK hynix Inc. 4.25% 1.55%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.40% 1.53%
MediaTek Inc. 0.41% 0.45%
BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.37% 1.06%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.37% 0.71%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.36% 1.46%
ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.34% 0.78%
ELITE MATERIAL CO., LTD. 0.32% 0.71%
HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.41% 0.30%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.46% 0.28%
ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45% 0.28%
Only in DFEM
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.82%
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.48%
MPI CORPORATION 0.45%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.42%
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0.39%
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.36%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.35%
Lenovo Group 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

DFEM
Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 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 +26.1% +18.3%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +8.9 pts +1.0 pts
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.25%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 6672 299
Net assets, DFEM as of Jul 31, 2026 and EEMV as of Oct 9, 2026 $9.0bn $3.6bn

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

DFEM in plain words

DFEM is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.1% 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 Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 6,672 positions, with the top ten at 24.3%. It sat 4.3% 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, DFEM or EEMV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFEM returned +26.1% and EEMV +18.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFEM or EEMV?
EEMV is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFEM and EEMV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFEM and 0% of EEMV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFEM 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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