---
ticker: "DFAE"
name: "Dimensional - Emerging Core Equity Market ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/DFAE"
grade: "C"
score: 48
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Emerging Markets Total Market"
category_rank: "5 of 5"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# DFAE: Dimensional - Emerging Core Equity Market ETF

Grade **C**, Score 48 of 100. Rank 5 of 5 in Emerging Markets Total Market.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 21 | 5 of 5 |
| Mission | 93 | 5 of 5 |
| Risk | 40 | 5 of 5 |
| Tradability | 37 | 4 of 5 |
| Holdings | 57 | 3 of 5 |
| Durability | 38 | 4 of 5 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 6196 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 2330.TW | Taiwan Semiconductor Manu | 13.71% |
| 2 | 005930.KS | Samsung Electronics Co | 5.24% |
| 3 | 000660.KS | Sk Hynix Inc | 4.60% |
| 4 | 0700.HK | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 2.21% |
| 5 | 2454.TW | Mediatek Inc | 1.27% |
| 6 | 9988.HK | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd | 1.05% |
| 7 | 0939.HK | China Construction Bank C | 0.78% |
| 8 | 2317.TW | Hon Hai Precision Industr | 0.75% |
| 9 | — | Samsung Electronics Co Lt | 0.74% |
| 10 | 2308.TW | Delta Electronics Inc | 0.69% |
| 11 | 1398.HK | Industrial & Commercial B | 0.45% |
| 12 | 009150.KS | Samsung Electro-Mechanics | 0.43% |
| 13 | IBN | Icici Bank Ltd | 0.41% |
| 14 | 2383.TW | Elite Material Co Ltd | 0.40% |
| 15 | BHARTIARTL.BO | Bharti Airtel Ltd | 0.39% |
| 16 | 3037.TW | Unimicron Technology Corp | 0.38% |
| 17 | 3988.HK | Bank of China Ltd | 0.38% |
| 18 | 1303.TW | Nan Ya Plastics Corp | 0.37% |
| 19 | PETR4.SA | Petroleo Brasileiro SA | 0.37% |
| 20 | BABA | Alibaba Group Hld | 0.37% |
| 21 | 2318.HK | Ping An Insurance Group C | 0.36% |
| 22 | 0992.HK | Lenovo Group Ltd | 0.34% |
| 23 | RELIANCE.BO | Reliance Industries Ltd | 0.33% |
| 24 | 3711.TW | Ase Technology Holding Co | 0.33% |
| 25 | 2881.TW | Fubon Financial Holding C | 0.32% |
| 26 | ASX | Ase Technology Holding Co | 0.31% |
| 27 | HDB | Hdfc Bank Ltd | 0.31% |
| 28 | PBR.A | Petroleo Brasileiro SA | 0.30% |
| 29 | 1120.SR | Al Rajhi Bank | 0.30% |
| 30 | 2891.TW | Ctbc Financial Holding Co | 0.28% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/DFAE. Please cite the page URL.