Is DFEM a good investment?

Dimensional - Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF (DFEM) is a emerging-markets ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores DFEM 7.4 out of 10 — highest on Growth (9.1), lowest on Valuation (3.4). It trades at 14.1 times earnings, against its own median of 12.6. Its ten largest holdings are 25% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is DFEM rated? ETF Copilot scores Dimensional - Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF (DFEM) 7.4 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Dimensional - Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF (DFEM) 7.4 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

Overall: 7.4 / 10
Growth: 9.1 / 10
Valuation: 3.4 / 10
Risk: 8.6 / 10
Quality: 7.4 / 10
Return: 7.7 / 10

What is DFEM's expense ratio? 0.39% a year

As of September 11, 2026, DFEM charges 0.39% a year, yields 2.51% and holds $9.8B in assets across 6586 positions.

Dimensional - Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF (DFEM) — cost, income and size
Measure	DFEM
Expense ratio	0.39%
Dividend yield	2.51%
Assets under management	$9.8B
Holdings	6586

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

What stands out in DFEM's data

Emerging-market equities, held across thousands of companies worldwide.

Earns less on its capital than the typical emerging-market fund — a drag that must be made up elsewhere.

Return on invested capital of 25.8% trails the peer median of 27.1%, though it sits above its own 17.3% history median. Holdings 6,586.

A broad emerging-market allocation that spreads risk across more holdings than typical funds.

Is DFEM expensive right now? It trades at 14.1 times earnings, against its own median of 12.6

As of September 11, 2026, DFEM is more expensive than 78% of its own 50 monthly readings since 2022 — 39 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside DFEM? 26% Tech

What's inside DFEM: Size (Large 36%, Mid 27%, Small 37%); Geography (International 99%, US 1%); Tech 26.1%; AI 0.7%; Semiconductors 10.3%; Memory 11.2%.

What are DFEM's top holdings? The ten largest are 25% of the fund

Taiwan Semiconductor Manu, SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Tencent, China Construction Bank, Alibaba, Mediatek, Unimicron Technology, MPI and HON HAI Precision Industr are DFEM's largest holdings, in that order.

More concentrated than 50% of Emerging Markets ETFs.

Half of DFEM's weight sits in its 149 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 61 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “Dimensional - Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF (DFEM) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/dfem