DFAE — Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF
Data updated: 2026-06-29
DFAE — Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Emerging Markets Consumer Discretionary Equity · $8.86B AUM · 0.29% expense ratio · 46.9% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
DFAE Fund Overview
DFAE — Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF is a US ETF managed by Dimensional ETF Trust, categorised as Emerging Markets Consumer Discretionary Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US ETF
- Manager: Dimensional ETF Trust
- Category: Emerging Markets Consumer Discretionary Equity
- Assets under management: $8.86B
- 1-year return: 46.9%
- Ticker: DFAE
- SEC CIK: 0001816125
- SEC series ID: S000069434
- Share class ID: C000221549
DFAE Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited | 12.22% |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 4.35% |
| SK hynix Inc. | 3.49% |
| Tencent Holdings Limited | 2.65% |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1.76% |
| Alibaba Group Holding Limited | 1.40% |
| Delta Electronics, Inc. | 0.90% |
| China Construction Bank Corporation | 0.78% |
| MediaTek Inc. | 0.69% |
| Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | 0.64% |
DFAE Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 93.6% |
| Other | 6.6% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.8% |
DFAE Performance
Total returns for DFAE (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 14.8% |
| 1 year | 46.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 20.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.8% |
DFAE Risk Information
Risk metrics for DFAE, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 22.0%
DFAE Costs and Fees
DFAE costs about $29 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.29%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.29%
- Portfolio turnover: 6%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.38 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
DFAE Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF had net inflows of $1.08B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $57.00M |
| 2026-03 | $10.45M |
| 2026-02 | $99.36M |
| 2026-01 | $224.20M |
| 2025-12 | $112.55M |
| 2025-11 | $71.79M |
DFAE Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
DFAE Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF 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.