Dimensional - Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF
$39.46−0.21 (−0.53%)
- 0.39%
- $9.7B
- +29.5%
- 1.96%
- 0.9M sh
- $40.11
- low $31.48high $42.57
The ETF.net DFEM Grade
A
Score 78 out of 100
- 5 of 28
Score 78 of 100 falls in the A 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.A80 out of 100Rank 6 of 28Mission
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.B62 out of 100Rank 6 of 28Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A80 out of 100Rank 4 of 28Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A90 out of 100Rank 2 of 26Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A91 out of 100Rank 1 of 28
Our read on DFEM
ADimensional casts one giant net over roughly 6,600 emerging-market stocks, then tilts the weights toward cheaper, more profitable, higher-momentum names. Index-like breadth, active hands, at a fee well under the typical active EM fund.
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.
Why people hold it
- 0.39% a year, against a 0.65% median for its active emerging-markets peer group. Cheap for a fund making its own calls.
- Roughly 6,600 holdings. No single stock, sector or country gets to dominate the outcome; breadth is the main risk control.
- Systematically active: it targets value, profitability and momentum across the opportunity set rather than copying the MSCI Emerging Markets IMI Index name for name.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and one of the stronger implementations in the active EM group.
Worth knowing
- Active means no index to hide behind. Returns come from Dimensional's tilts, which can drift away from a standard EM benchmark in either direction.
- Not the cheapest seat in the room: AVEM, JEMA and AVXC run 0.33%, a touch under DFEM's 0.39%.
- Income arrives quarterly, not monthly, and the mandate is long-term capital appreciation rather than yield.
DFEM Holdings
- Stocks
- 6,785
- 24%
- 2330.TW
Sectors
- Technology37.7%
- Financials15.9%
- Industrials10.5%
- Consumer Discretionary8.1%
- Materials7.6%
- Communication5.0%
- Health Care4.0%
- Energy4.0%
- Consumer Staples3.5%
- Utilities1.9%
- Real Estate1.7%
Geography
- Taiwan29.94%
- South Korea18.44%
- China16.79%
- India11.86%
- Brazil4.43%
- South Africa2.55%
- Hong Kong2.33%
- Saudi Arabia2.30%
- 11.35%
Developed 3% · Emerging 97%
DFEM Performance
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DFEM$12,947
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 | DFEM |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +21.7% |
| 1 month | −1.4% |
| 3 months | +0.1% |
| 1 year | +29.5% |
| 3 years | +22.3% |
| 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 | DFEM |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +21.7% | |
| 2025 | +29.5% | |
| 2024 | +7.5% | |
| 2023 | +13.9% | |
| 2022 | −8.7% |
DFEM in the news
DFEM Dividends
- 1.96%
- $0.78
- $0.30 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DFEM Risk
- 14.7%
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.
- 1.14
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.
- −20.8%
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.
- 1.06
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DFEM Cost
0.39%
DFEM0.39%
- The middle half of Emerging Markets Active Equity funds
- Median 0.65%
5 of the 27 Emerging Markets Active Equity funds charge less.
Other funds in Emerging Markets Active Equity
- AAVSEAvantis Responsible Emerging Markets Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.33%1 year return +31.0%
- AAVXCAvantis Emerging Markets ex-China Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.33%1 year return +41.2%
- AAVEEAvantis Emerging Markets Small Cap Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.42%1 year return +15.8%
- BFEMRFidelity Covington Trust - Fidelity Enhanced Emerging Markets ETFExpense ratio 0.38%1 year return +36.8%
- BSEEMSEI Exchange Traded Funds - SEI Select Emerging Markets Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.60%1 year return +34.7%