Xtrackers FTSE Developed ex US Multifactor ETF
$39.39−0.64 (−1.60%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.24%
- Fund size
- $56M
- 1Y return
- +19.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 2.35%
- Holdings
- 1249
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $39.75
- 52W range
The ETF.net DEEF Grade
Score 64 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 81Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 49Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 35Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 88Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 46Category rank
Our read on DEEF
BOne index, four factor tilts, roughly 1,200 developed-market stocks outside the US, for 0.24% a year. Xtrackers has run this multifactor recipe since 2015, and the price tag is the loudest part of the pitch.
The Fund passively seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the FTSE Developed ex US Comprehensive Factor Index.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.24% a year, undercutting well-regarded rivals in the same multifactor lane like GSIE (0.25%) and RODM (0.29%).
- Value, quality, momentum and low volatility are blended inside one FTSE index rather than bolted together as separate sleeves, so it is a single ticker instead of four.
- Roughly 1,200 holdings across developed markets outside the US, spreading the factor bets over a broad basket rather than a concentrated one.
- Live since 2015 on a passive, rules-based mandate: it follows the index, with no manager discretion in the mix.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded and small by category standards, so spreads can add cost the expense ratio does not show. Limit orders matter more here than in the giants.
- A four-factor blend is built to look different from a plain cap-weighted developed-markets index, which means stretches of divergence in both directions.
- Cheaper doors into the same idea exist: INTF at 0.16% and FDEV at 0.18%.
DEEF Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,249
- 7%
- Cash & Cash Equivalents
Sectors
- Industrials24.3%
- Financials15.3%
- Consumer Discr.10.8%
- Cons. Staples10.0%
- Materials9.0%
- Utilities7.0%
- Energy5.3%
- Real Estate5.2%
- Health Care4.4%
- Technology4.3%
- Communication4.3%
Geography
- Japan30.31%
- United Kingdom9.50%
- Australia8.39%
- South Korea6.78%
- Canada6.48%
- France4.05%
- Sweden3.72%
- Singapore3.25%
- 27.53%
Developed 88% · Emerging 12%
DEEF Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | DEEF |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.4% |
| 1 month | −0.8% |
| 3 months | +3.4% |
| 1 year | +19.1% |
| 3 years | +18.8% |
| 5 years | +8.2% |
| 10 years | +8.3% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | DEEF |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.4% | |
| 2025 | +32.4% | |
| 2024 | +2.8% | |
| 2023 | +17.0% | |
| 2022 | −17.0% | |
| 2021 | +9.2% | |
| 2020 | +7.9% |
DEEF in the news
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DEEF Dividends
- 2.35%
- $0.94
- $0.07 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Pays Sep 25, 2026 | $0.07 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | $0.48 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | Mar 27, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 29, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Sep 26, 2025 | $0.47 |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 | $0.48 |
| Mar 21, 2025 | Mar 28, 2025 | $0.07 |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Dec 30, 2024 | $0.16 |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Sep 27, 2024 | $0.50 |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Jun 28, 2024 | $0.41 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | Mar 22, 2024 | $0.07 |
| Dec 15, 2023 | Dec 22, 2023 | $0.18 |
DEEF Risk
- 12.8%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.03
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −29.8%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.91
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DEEF Cost
- The middle half of International Multifactor funds
- Median 0.35%
5 of the 30 International Multifactor funds charge less.