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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFEM returned +26.1% and EMXC +47.3%.

Which is cheaper, DFEM or EMXC?

EMXC 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 EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DFEM vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFEM and EMXC hold 42% of their weight in the same names, and EMXC returned +47.3% over the year. Net assets: $9.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF, and $25.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF.

EMXC costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.2 points; EMXC is 2.6 times larger.

	DFEM	EMXC
Expense ratio	0.39%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$9.0bn	$23.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+26.1%	+47.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index
Holdings in common	42%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.3%	44.0%
Below its high	4.3%, 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.

+26.1%

DFEM total return, 1 year

+47.3%

EMXC total return, 1 year

0.39%

DFEM expense ratio

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFEM and EMXC hold 42% 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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42% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFEM EMXC

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 10.26% 19.88%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.40% 9.25%

SK hynix Inc. 4.25% 7.01%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.46% 0.97%

ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45% 0.73%

MediaTek Inc. 0.41% 2.14%

HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.41% 0.82%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0.39% 0.54%

BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.37% 0.53%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.37% 0.65%

DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.36% 1.21%

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.36% 0.46%

Only in DFEM

Tencent Holdings Limited 1.95%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.82%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.75%

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.48%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.42%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.35%

Lenovo Group Limited 0.35%

VALE S.A. 0.33%

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

DFEM

Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 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 +26.1% +47.3%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +8.9 pts +30.0 pts

Expense ratio 0.39% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 6672 640

Net assets, DFEM as of Jul 31, 2026 and EMXC as of Oct 9, 2026 $9.0bn $25.8bn

DFEM and EMXC 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.

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, DFEM or EMXC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFEM returned +26.1% and EMXC +47.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFEM or EMXC?: EMXC 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 EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFEM and 0% of EMXC 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 ↗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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