DEM vs EMDV: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

DEMBNYSE Arca

ProShares MSCI Emerging Markets Dividend Growers ETF

EMDVCCboe

Overlap

0.0%by weight

Expense ratio

EMDV −0.03pt a year

DEM0.63%EMDV0.60%

Avg volume · 30D

DEM 999.0×the volume

DEM231KEMDV231

10Y return · a year

DEM +6.5pt

DEM+8.6%EMDV+2.1%

DEM vs EMDV Performance

Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 30, 2026

+59.3%DEM−7.2%EMDV

Expense ratio: DEM 0.63%; EMDV 0.60%, better
Fund size: DEM $3.98B; EMDV $7M
1Y total return: DEM +18.8%, better; EMDV +4.7%
Yield (12M): DEM 3.40%, better; EMDV 2.32%
Holdings: DEM 559; EMDV 46
Avg volume (30D): DEM 231K sh, better; EMDV 231 sh
NAV per share: DEM $52.83; EMDV $46.48
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for DEM, EMDV, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	DEM	EMDV
Cost30% weight	F19	D37Higher
Mission25% weight	A99Higher	A72
Risk15% weight	B66Higher	C43
Tradability15% weight	A92Higher	D27
Holdings10% weight	B67	Not scored
Durability5% weight	A75Higher	C47

Rank among Emerging Markets Dividend Index funds

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Same Category. DEM and EMDV are both graded against the same 10 Emerging Markets Dividend Index funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

Emerging Markets Dividend Index⁠

Category · 10 funds

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DEM ranks 4th and EMDV 7th of 10 funds in the Emerging Markets Dividend Index Category.

Rank 1ADVYEiShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETFScore 70
Rank 1AEDIVState Street SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Dividend ETFScore 70
Rank 3BDIEMFranklin Emerging Market Core Dividend Tilt Index ETFScore 66
Rank 4BDEMWisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend FundScore 64
Rank 4BDGSWisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend FundScore 64
Rank 6CDGREWisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth FundScore 48
Rank 7CEMDVProShares MSCI Emerging Markets Dividend Growers ETFScore 46
Rank 8CEYLDCambria Emerging Shareholder Yield ETFScore 42

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

DEMBWisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

EMDVCProShares MSCI Emerging Markets Dividend Growers ETF

In short

DEM One of the original emerging-market dividend ETFs (2007). DEM ranks EM payers by yield, keeps only the top slice, then weights them by the actual dollars of dividends they pay. Income-first EM, not market-cap EM.

EMDV Most emerging-market dividend funds hunt the fattest yields. EMDV goes the other way: it tracks an index built around companies with long, unbroken streaks of dividend increases, and holds roughly 60 of them.

Stated mandate

DEM The fund seeks to track high-dividend-yielding companies in emerging markets and provides targeted emerging-market all-cap equity exposure.

EMDV The Fund seeks to track the performance of the MSCI Emerging Markets Dividend Masters Index before fees and expenses.

Why people hold it

DEM Launched in 2007, it is one of the earliest EM high-dividend funds and has grown into a multi-billion-dollar portfolio spread across roughly 500 stocks.
Weights companies by the cash dividends they actually pay, so dividend dollars rather than market cap drive the portfolio, with weights reset at the annual screening.sec.gov
The screen is strict: only the highest-yielding 30% of WisdomTree's emerging-market dividend universe makes the index.sec.gov
Hugs its index closely and sits among the easier funds in its peer group to get in and out of.

EMDV Growth-of-payout screen, not a yield ranking: the MSCI Emerging Markets Dividend Masters Index rewards companies that keep raising dividends.
The 0.60% fee sits right at the peer-group median, so the streak discipline costs no more than the yield-chasing alternatives.
Plain vanilla plumbing: a 1940 Act index fund, roughly 60 stocks, pays quarterly. No leverage, no derivatives overlay.
Same index, same mandate since the 2016 launch, from a ProShares dividend-growers lineup built on this streak methodology.

Worth knowing

DEM At 0.63% a year it runs a touch above the typical fund in its peer group, and roughly triple index-tilt rival DIEM at 0.19%.
Buying dividend dollars pulls the basket toward the biggest payers in a handful of countries and sectors; the index applies country and sector caps at each annual screening.sec.gov
Payouts arrive quarterly and move with emerging-market dividends and currencies; a company paying today can stop paying tomorrow.wisdomtree.com

EMDV A small, thinly traded fund. The bid-ask spread is part of your cost here, and it weighs on our overall read versus bigger rivals.
Cheaper emerging-market dividend exposure exists in the same peer group: DIEM charges 0.19%.
Demanding a long increase streak narrows the field to about 60 names, so country and sector mix can look nothing like broad emerging markets.

Full DEM profile⁠

Full EMDV profile⁠

DEM vs EMDV Holdings

How DEM and EMDV differ

Overlap by weight

0.0%

Shared holdings make up 0.0% of DEM and 0.0% of EMDV.

Level by level

Holdings0 in both0.0%
Countryby domicile55.0%
Sector11 Sectors79.6%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in DEM and EMDV, widest gap first
Sector	More in DEMMore in EMDV	DEM	EMDV
Energy	DEM +10.1 points	10.1%	0.0%
Consumer Staples	EMDV +7.9 points	7.1%	15.0%
Health Care	EMDV +5.0 points	1.4%	6.4%
Utilities	EMDV +4.2 points	4.4%	8.6%
Real Estate	DEM +3.4 points	3.4%	0.0%
Materials	DEM +3.0 points	5.0%	2.0%
Communication	EMDV +2.8 points	3.9%	6.7%
Industrials	DEM +2.3 points	9.7%	7.4%
Technology	DEM +1.0 points	22.9%	21.9%
Financials	DEM +0.6 points	26.0%	25.4%
Consumer Discretionary	EMDV +0.4 points	6.2%	6.6%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in DEM and EMDV, widest gap first
Country	More in DEMMore in EMDV	DEM	EMDV
China	EMDV +22.0 points	26.1%	48.1%
India	EMDV +16.3 points	6.2%	22.5%
Taiwan	DEM +15.5 points	20.5%	5.0%
South Africa	DEM +6.5 points	11.1%	4.6%
Poland	DEM +4.0 points	4.0%	0.0%
Indonesia	DEM +3.4 points	3.4%	0.0%
Mexico	DEM +3.0 points	5.4%	2.4%
Brazil	DEM +3.0 points	7.3%	4.3%
Other countries (9)	DEM +2.7 points	15.9%	13.2%

Outside the US: DEM 0% developed, 100% emerging. EMDV 2% developed, 98% emerging.

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

DEM23.4%
EMDV25.4%

Securities held

DEM538
EMDV45

Asset class

DEM: Equity
EMDV: Equity

Holdings

Only in DEM538
In both0
Only in EMDV45

Only in DEM

538 securities, 100% of DEM by weight

China Construction Bank-H4.08%
MediaTek Inc2.76%
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China-H2.47%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA2.41%
Grupo Financiero Banorte-O2.25%
Midea Group Co Ltd2.21%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co2.08%
Hyundai Motor Co1.85%
Saudi Arabian Oil Co1.67%
Ping An Insurance Group Co of China1.57%
Sar1.52%
Industrial Bank Co Ltd -A1.43%
Infosys Ltd1.41%
CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd1.35%
PetroChina Co Ltd1.31%
Orlen SA1.30%
Emaar Properties PJSC1.28%
Gold Fields Ltd1.25%
Quanta Computer Inc1.16%
PKO Bank Polski SA1.08%
National Commercial Bank0.96%
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB0.95%
United Microelectronics Corp0.94%
Saudi Telecom Co0.93%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd0.84%
China Shenhua Energy Co Ltd0.82%
FirstRand Ltd0.78%
Ambev S.A.0.72%
Asustek Computer Inc0.68%
Bank Rakyat Indonesia0.67%
Standard Bank Group Ltd0.64%
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp H0.63%
HCL Technologies Ltd0.60%
Ptt Pcl - Nvdr0.58%
CITIC Ltd0.58%
Malayan Banking Bhd0.57%
KT&G Corp0.54%
Coal India Ltd0.52%
Axia Energia0.52%
Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd0.52%
Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd0.51%
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacific0.51%
ABSA Group Ltd0.50%
Kookmin Bank0.50%
Evergreen Marine Corp Taiwan Ltd0.47%
Mobile Telecommunications Co0.46%
ITC Ltd0.45%
Advanced Info Service PCL - NVDR0.44%
Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Co0.43%
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd0.40%

Only in EMDV

45 securities, 99.5% of EMDV by weight

Bank of Communications Co-A2.72%
Bank of China Ltd-A2.63%
China Construction Bank-A2.56%
Postal Savings Bank of Chi-H2.55%
Lotes Co Ltd2.53%
Ind & Comm Bk of China-A2.53%
China Merchants Bank-A2.51%
Persistent Systems Ltd2.49%
Shoprite Holdings Ltd2.44%
China Mengniu Dairy Co2.42%
Infosys Ltd-Sp Adr2.41%
Midea Group Co Ltd-A2.38%
China State Construction -A2.38%
China United Network-A2.37%
Mphasis Ltd2.37%
Wuliangye Yibin Co Ltd-A2.34%
Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd-A2.32%
Nhpc Ltd2.30%
Enn Energy Holdings Ltd2.30%
Coca-Cola Femsa Sab De Cv2.29%
Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pha-A2.28%
Itc Ltd2.25%
Yuhan Corp2.23%
Reinet Investments Sca2.22%
Wistron Corp2.22%
Huaxia Bank Co Ltd-A2.19%
China Tower Corp Ltd-H2.17%
Weg SA2.13%
Sun Pharmaceutical Indus2.12%
Ltm Ltd2.11%
Gulf Development Pcl-Nvdr2.09%
Yealink Network Technology-A2.08%
Alchip Technologies Ltd2.08%
Luzhou Laojiao Co Ltd-A2.06%
Hdfc Asset Management Co Ltd2.06%
Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd-H2.05%
Interconexion Electrica SA2.02%
Pidilite Industries Ltd2.01%
Sundaram Finance Ltd2.00%
Hankook Tire & Technology Co1.97%
Haci Omer Sabanci Holding1.93%
Tencent Holdings Ltd1.91%
Localiza Rent A Car1.83%
Naura Technology Group Co-A1.50%
Suzhou Tfc Optical Communi-A1.20%

Weight gaps

DEM and EMDV share no securities.

All 502 DEM holdings⁠All 47 EMDV holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

DEM vs EMDV Cost

Overpaying DEM vs EMDV

$542

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

DEM 0.63%
$12,359
EMDV 0.60%
$11,817

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

DEM 0.63%
EMDV 0.60%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	DEM	EMDV	Overpaying
10	$1,128	$1,076	$52
20	$4,311	$4,116	$195
30	$12,359	$11,817	$542

Expense ratio

0.63%DEM
0.60%EMDV, cheaper

EMDV0.60%DEM0.63%

0.19%0.66%

Middle half of Emerging Markets Dividend Index funds
Median 0.59%

EMDV 6th cheapest of 10 funds

DEM 8th cheapest of 10 funds

DEM vs EMDV Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): DEM 3.40%, better; EMDV 2.32%
Payout (12M): DEM $1.80; EMDV $1.09
Last payment: DEM $0.77; EMDV $0.48
Ex-dividend: DEM Sep 25, 2026; EMDV Sep 23, 2026
Paid on: DEM Sep 29, 2026; EMDV Sep 29, 2026
Frequency: DEM Quarterly; EMDV Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2017 to 2026, same scale for both

DEMQuarterly · 37 paymentsAll DEM payments⁠

EMDVQuarterly · 37 paymentsAll EMDV payments⁠

DEM vs EMDV Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

DEM
EMDV

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: DEM 10.0%, betterEMDV 10.5%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: DEM 1.29, betterEMDV 0.28
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: DEM −27.1%, betterEMDV −32.2%
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: DEM 0.73EMDV 0.65; Market = 1

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