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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFEV returned +36.0% and EMXC +47.3%.

Which is cheaper, DFEV or EMXC?

EMXC is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DFEV and EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DFEV vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFEV and EMXC hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and EMXC returned +47.3% over the year. Net assets: $2.0bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional Emerging Markets Value ETF, and $25.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF.

EMXC costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.3 points; EMXC is 11.9 times larger.

DFEV vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees
	DFEV	EMXC
Expense ratio	0.43%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026	$2.0bn	$23.6bn
Total return, 1 year	+36.0%	+47.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index
Holdings in common	28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	18.6%	43.8%
Below its high	3.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	7.0%, 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

+47.3%

EMXC total return, 1 year

0.43%

DFEV expense ratio

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFEV and EMXC 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.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DFEV EMXC

SK hynix Inc. 5.71% 6.96%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.42% 9.19%

MediaTek Inc. 1.17% 2.13%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1.71% 0.96%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1.83% 0.70%

ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.70% 0.78%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0.61% 0.54%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 0.49% 19.81%

HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.43% 0.83%

Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.66% 0.41%

KB Financial Group Inc. 0.59% 0.41%

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 0.39% 0.47%

Only in DFEV

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 2.19%

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 1.31%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.18%

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.07%

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.97%

BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.86%

ORLEN SPOLKA AKCYJNA 0.75%

PetroChina Company Limited 0.72%

Only in EMXC

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.21%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.17%

SK SQUARE 0.73%

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 0.59%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING PREF SA 0.55%

ELITE MATERIAL 0.54%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 0.53%

UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.53%

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On the same fields

DFEV

Dimensional Emerging Markets Value 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 +36.0% +47.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not published +50.0% (KEMX)

Gap to its benchmark not available −2.7 pts vs KEMX

Expense ratio 0.43% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 3512 613

Net assets, DFEV as of Jul 31, 2026 and EMXC as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.0bn $25.8bn

DFEV and EMXC 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 EMXC

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +47.3% with distributions reinvested, against +50.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index. 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 613 positions, with the top ten at 43.8%. 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, DFEV or EMXC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFEV returned +36.0% and EMXC +47.3%.
Which is cheaper, DFEV or EMXC?: EMXC is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFEV and EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFEV and 0% of EMXC 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 ↗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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