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DFEV vs ESGE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFEV and ESGE hold 26% 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 $6.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF.

ESGE costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.3 points; ESGE is 3.3 times larger.

DFEV vs ESGE: Differences, Returns & Fees
DFEVESGE
Expense ratio0.43%0.25%
Net assets, as of Jul 31, 2026$2.0bn$6.6bn
Total return, 1 year+36.0%+26.7%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI Emerging Markets Extended ESG Focus Index
Holdings in common26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund18.6%39.4%
Below its high3.2%, high on Jun 22, 20264.6%, 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
+26.7%
ESGE total return, 1 year
0.43%
DFEV expense ratio
0.25%
ESGE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFEV and ESGE hold 26% 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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26% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFEV ESGE
SK hynix Inc. 5.71% 5.74%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.42% 7.46%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.18% 1.64%
MediaTek Inc. 1.17% 1.75%
ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.70% 0.70%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1.71% 0.68%
KB Financial Group Inc. 0.59% 0.53%
Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. 0.52% 0.50%
AXIS BANK LIMITED 0.81% 0.49%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 0.49% 15.97%
HDFC BANK LIMITED 0.43% 0.79%
Hana Financial Group Inc. 0.50% 0.42%
Only in DFEV
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 1.31%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.07%
BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.86%
ORLEN SPOLKA AKCYJNA 0.75%
PetroChina Company Limited 0.72%
ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.66%
The Saudi National Bank SJSC 0.62%
United Microelectronics Corporation 0.59%
Only in ESGE
TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.40%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.21%
DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.13%
CHUNGHWA TELECOM LTD 1.05%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.04%
AL RAJHI BANK 0.75%
B3 BRASIL BOLSA BALCAO SA 0.68%
UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP 0.68%

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On the same fields

DFEV
Dimensional Emerging Markets Value 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 +36.0% +26.7%
Expense ratio 0.43% 0.25%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 3512 296
Net assets, DFEV as of Jul 31, 2026 and ESGE as of Oct 9, 2026 $2.0bn $6.9bn

DFEV and ESGE 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 ESGE

ESGE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.7% with distributions reinvested. 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 296 positions, with the top ten at 39.4%. 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, DFEV or ESGE?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFEV returned +36.0% and ESGE +26.7%.
Which is cheaper, DFEV or ESGE?
ESGE 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 ESGE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFEV and 0% of ESGE 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 ↗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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