

Dimensional - Emerging Markets High Profitability ETF
$40.04−0.52 (−1.28%)
- 0.44%
- $456M
- +37.2%
- 1.41%
- 0M sh
- $41.11
- low $30.29high $45.13
The ETF.net DEHP Grade
Score 41 out of 100
- 7 of 10
Score 41 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.C53 out of 100Rank 5 of 10Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D39 out of 100Rank 7 of 10Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D32 out of 100Rank 9 of 10Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D30 out of 100Rank 9 of 10Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D38 out of 100Rank 8 of 10
Our read on DEHP
CDimensional's emerging-markets fund built on one question: is the company actually making money? A profitability screen spread across roughly 800 names, in a peer group otherwise dominated by low-volatility products.
The ETF seeks long-term capital appreciation. It uses an integrated investment approach emphasizing long-term expected-return drivers while diversifying across companies, sectors, and countries.
Why people hold it
- Screens emerging-market companies for high profitability, then spreads the exposure across roughly 800 stocks and diversifies by sector and country.
- 0.44% a year puts it dead center of its emerging-markets factor cohort, and below the cash-flow screen ECOW (0.70%) and BLES (0.60%).
- Its own lane: cohort rivals EEMV and EELV sort on volatility. This one sorts on profits, which is a genuinely different screen.
- Pays on a quarterly cadence, and the mandate is plain long-term capital appreciation rather than an income story.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than in the category's household names. Limit orders earn their keep here.
- Cheaper neighbors exist: EEMV at 0.25% and EELV at 0.29%, though both screen for low volatility rather than profitability.
- Launched in 2022, so the live record is short, and a profitability tilt can diverge from broad emerging markets in either direction.
DEHP Holdings
- Stocks
- 779
- 37%
- 000660.KS
Sectors
- Technology47.4%
- Communication11.3%
- Industrials9.3%
- Consumer Discretionary7.7%
- Materials7.1%
- Financials6.2%
- Energy4.8%
- Consumer Staples3.0%
- Health Care2.3%
- Utilities0.5%
- Real Estate0.3%
Geography
- Taiwan30.31%
- South Korea21.86%
- China16.79%
- India10.01%
- Brazil3.64%
- South Africa2.38%
- Saudi Arabia2.07%
- Hong Kong2.05%
- 10.87%
Developed 3% · Emerging 97%
DEHP 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 Oct 12, 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 | DEHP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +27.2% |
| 1 month | −2.9% |
| 3 months | −1.8% |
| 1 year | +37.2% |
| 3 years | +23.7% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
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 | DEHP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +27.2% | |
| 2025 | +32.9% | |
| 2024 | +4.5% | |
| 2023 | +12.3% | |
| 2022 | −9.7% |
DEHP in the news


Category Review
Cash-flow quality returned 42% while QUAL returned 17%




DEHP Dividends
- 1.41%
- $0.57
- $0.24 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DEHP Risk
- 17.2%
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.
- 1.10
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.
- −22.9%
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.
- 1.16
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DEHP Cost
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Factor Index funds
- Median 0.45%
4 of the 10 Emerging Markets Factor Index funds charge less.
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- CEEMOInvesco S&P Emerging Markets Momentum ETFExpense ratio 0.29%1 year return +32.4%
- DECOWPacer Emerging Markets Cash Cows 100 ETFExpense ratio 0.70%1 year return +21.4%
- DPIEInvesco Dorsey Wright Emerging Markets Momentum ETFExpense ratio 0.90%1 year return +56.1%
- DFLNFirst Trust Latin America AlphaDEX FundExpense ratio 0.80%1 year return +44.6%