DEMSX — Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio
Data updated: 2026-06-24
DEMSX — Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity · $3.88B AUM · 0.60% expense ratio · 30.7% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
DEMSX Fund Overview
DEMSX — Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC, categorised as United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC
- Category: United States Small Cap Blend / Core Equity
- Assets under management: $3.88B
- 1-year return: 30.7%
- Ticker: DEMSX
- SEC CIK: 0000355437
- SEC series ID: S000000981
- Share class ID: C000002732
DEMSX Holdings
Top 1 holdings of Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | 100.03% |
DEMSX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 100.0% |
DEMSX Performance
Total returns for DEMSX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 10.2% |
| 1 year | 30.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 15.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 6.7% |
DEMSX Risk Information
Risk metrics for DEMSX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 16.5%
DEMSX Costs and Fees
DEMSX costs about $60 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.60%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.80%
- Portfolio turnover: 11%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
DEMSX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio had net outflows of $338.30M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$73.73M |
| 2026-03 | −$125.25M |
| 2026-02 | −$8.04M |
| 2026-01 | −$32.89M |
| 2025-12 | −$51.37M |
| 2025-11 | −$16.52M |
DEMSX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
DEMSX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.