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DFEV vs SCHE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DFEV and SCHE hold 31% 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 $12.7bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

SCHE costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 23.4 points.

DFEVSCHE
Expense ratio0.43%0.06%
Net assets, DFEV as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHE as of May 31, 2026$2.0bn$12.7bn
Total return, 1 year+36.0%+12.6%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedFTSE Emerging Index
Holdings in common31%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund18.6%30.3%
Below its high3.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026

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

+36.0%
DFEV total return, 1 year
+12.6%
SCHE total return, 1 year
0.43%
DFEV expense ratio
0.06%
SCHE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DFEV and SCHE hold 31% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding DFEV SCHE
Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.18% 2.57%
MediaTek Inc. 1.17% 1.88%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1.71% 1.04%
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 1.83% 0.88%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 2.19% 0.88%
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 1.31% 0.63%
ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.70% 0.59%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 0.49% 17.05%
Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. 0.97% 0.46%
BANK OF CHINA LIMITED 0.86% 0.42%
UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP. 0.61% 0.42%
United Microelectronics Corporation 0.40% 0.50%
Only in DFEV
SK hynix Inc. 5.71%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.42%
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 1.07%
ORLEN SPOLKA AKCYJNA 0.75%
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY 0.72%
ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.66%
United Microelectronics Corporation 0.59%
KB Financial Group Inc. 0.59%
Only in SCHE
Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.15%
Delta Electronics Inc 1.40%
PDD Holdings Inc 0.60%
Xiaomi Corp 0.57%
Bharti Airtel Ltd 0.54%
Al Rajhi Bank 0.49%
Meituan 0.46%
Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.46%

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On the same fields

DFEV
Dimensional Emerging Markets Value ETF
SCHE
Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Dimensional Schwab
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +36.0% +12.6%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +18.7 pts −4.7 pts
Expense ratio 0.43% 0.06%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 3512 2178
Net assets, DFEV as of Jul 31, 2026 and SCHE as of May 31, 2026 $2.0bn $12.7bn

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

DFEV in plain words

DFEV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +36.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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.

SCHE in plain words

SCHE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,178 positions, with the top ten at 30.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DFEV or SCHE?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DFEV returned +36.0% and SCHE +12.6%.
Which is cheaper, DFEV or SCHE?
SCHE is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DFEV and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DFEV and 0% of SCHE 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 ↗SCHE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗

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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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