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DFEV vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFEV and EEM hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and DFEV returned +36.0% over the year. Net assets: $2.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional Emerging Markets Value ETF, and $31.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

DFEV costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.7 points; EEM is 14.7 times larger.

DFEV vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFEVEEM
Expense ratio0.43%0.72%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$2.0bn$29.2bn
Total return, 1 year+36.0%+26.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI Emerging Markets Index
Holdings in common28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund18.6%38.7%
Below its high3.2%, high on Jun 22, 20266.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026

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

+36.0%
DFEV total return, 1 year
+26.3%
EEM total return, 1 year
0.43%
DFEV expense ratio
0.72%
EEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFEV and EEM hold 28% 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

28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFEV EEM
SK hynix Inc. 5.71% 5.60%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.42% 7.38%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.18% 1.85%
MediaTek Inc. 1.17% 1.71%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1.71% 0.77%
ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.70% 0.63%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1.83% 0.56%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 0.49% 15.92%
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0.61% 0.43%
HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.43% 0.68%
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.39% 0.38%
NAN YA PLASTICS CORPORATION 0.39% 0.37%
Only in DFEV
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 1.31%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.07%
ORLEN SPOLKA AKCYJNA 0.75%
ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.66%
The Saudi National Bank SJSC 0.62%
United Microelectronics Corporation 0.59%
EMAAR PROPERTIES (P.J.S.C) 0.56%
VALE S.A. 0.46%
Only in EEM
TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.69%
DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.97%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.94%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.84%
SK SQUARE 0.58%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF 0.50%
NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.47%
XIAOMI 0.46%

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On the same fields

DFEV
Dimensional Emerging Markets Value ETF
EEM
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Emerging markets
Total return, 1 year +36.0% +26.3%
Expense ratio 0.43% 0.72%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 3512 1189
Net assets, DFEV as of Jul 31, 2026 and EEM as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.0bn $31.0bn

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

About DFEV

DFEV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +36.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.43% 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 3,512 positions, with the top ten at 18.6%. It sat 3.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About EEM

EEM tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.72% 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 1,189 positions, with the top ten at 38.7%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFEV or EEM?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFEV returned +36.0% and EEM +26.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFEV or EEM?
DFEV is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFEV and EEM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFEV and 0% of EEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
DFEV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFEV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗EEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EEM ↗

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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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