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DFEM vs ESGE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFEM and ESGE hold 39% of their weight in the same names, and ESGE returned +26.7% over the year. Net assets: $9.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF, and $6.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF.

ESGE costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; DFEM is 1.4 times larger.

DFEMESGE
Expense ratio0.39%0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$9.0bn$6.6bn
Total return, 1 year+26.1%+26.7%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI Emerging Markets Extended ESG Focus Index
Holdings in common39%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund24.3%39.6%
Below its high4.3%, high on Jun 22, 20264.6%, high on Jun 22, 2026

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

+26.1%
DFEM total return, 1 year
+26.7%
ESGE total return, 1 year
0.39%
DFEM expense ratio
0.25%
ESGE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFEM and ESGE hold 39% 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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39% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFEM ESGE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 10.26% 16.07%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4.40% 7.53%
SK hynix Inc. 4.25% 5.80%
Tencent Holdings Limited 1.95% 2.34%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 0.82% 1.61%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.46% 0.68%
ICICI BANK LIMITED 0.45% 0.53%
MediaTek Inc. 0.41% 1.76%
HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.41% 0.78%
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0.39% 0.37%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD 0.37% 0.69%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 0.36% 1.14%
Only in DFEM
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.42%
BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED 0.37%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.35%
VALE S.A. 0.33%
BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.30%
Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp 0.29%
PetroChina Company Limited 0.28%
BYD COMPANY LIMITED 0.26%
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

DFEM
Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 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 +26.1% +26.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +8.9 pts +9.4 pts
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.25%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 6672 296
Net assets, DFEM as of Jul 31, 2026 and ESGE as of Oct 9, 2026 $9.0bn $6.9bn

DFEM and ESGE 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.

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, DFEM or ESGE?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFEM returned +26.1% and ESGE +26.7%.
Which is cheaper, DFEM or ESGE?
ESGE 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 ESGE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFEM and 0% of ESGE 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 ↗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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