Which returned more over the last year, DGS or SCHE?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGS returned +17.1% and SCHE +12.6%.

Which is cheaper, DGS or SCHE?

SCHE is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. That is about $52 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DGS and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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DGS vs SCHE: Differences, Returns & Fees

DGS and SCHE hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and DGS returned +17.1% over the year. Net assets: $1.8bn on Jun 30, 2026 for WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund, and $12.7bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

SCHE costs 0.52 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points.

	DGS	SCHE
Expense ratio	0.58%	0.06%
Net assets, DGS as of Jun 30, 2026 and SCHE as of May 31, 2026	$1.8bn	$12.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+12.6%
What it tracks	WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Index	FTSE Emerging Index
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	11.4%	30.3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

+17.1%

DGS total return, 1 year

+12.6%

SCHE total return, 1 year

0.58%

DGS expense ratio

0.06%

SCHE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DGS and SCHE hold 3% 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 Jun 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding DGS SCHE

INNOLUX CORP 3.24% 0.11%

POWERTECH TECHNOLOGY INC 1.16% 0.08%

SILERGY CORP 0.19% 0.06%

WPG HOLDINGS LTD 0.76% 0.05%

AMMB HOLDINGS BHD 0.58% 0.04%

AUO CORP 0.43% 0.04%

NATIONAL ALUMINIUM COMPANY LTD 0.63% 0.04%

OLD MUTUAL LTD 0.92% 0.04%

ENERGISA SA 0.57% 0.04%

GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL CENTRO SAB DE CV 0.72% 0.03%

HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP 0.18% 0.03%

WALSIN LIHWA CORP 0.21% 0.03%

Only in DGS

COMPEQ MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD 0.93%

REDEFINE PROPERTIES LTD 0.70%

ALIOR BANK SA 0.69%

SAMSUNG SECURITIES COMPANY LTD 0.69%

BNK FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.62%

NICHIDENBO CORP 0.54%

WINWAY TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 0.53%

BUDIMEX SA 0.52%

Only in SCHE

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 17.05%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.15%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%

MediaTek Inc 1.88%

Delta Electronics Inc 1.40%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 1.04%

Reliance Industries Ltd 0.88%

China Construction Bank Corp 0.88%

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On the same fields

DGS

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund

SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer WisdomTree Schwab

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +12.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 −0.2 pts −4.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.58% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1012 2178

Net assets, DGS as of Jun 30, 2026 and SCHE as of May 31, 2026 $1.8bn $12.7bn

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

DGS in plain words

DGS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.58% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,012 positions, with the top ten at 11.4%.

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, DGS or SCHE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGS returned +17.1% and SCHE +12.6%.
Which is cheaper, DGS or SCHE?: SCHE is cheaper, by 0.52 percentage points a year. That is about $52 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DGS and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of DGS and 0% of SCHE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

DGS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DGS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree 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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