ETF comparison
DEM vs DGS
Both Dividend.
WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund · WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund
Holdings overlap
290 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DEM and DGS would leave roughly 25.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DGS is 5 bps cheaper than DEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for DEM.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with DEM vs DGS.
Top shared holdings
290 shared in total| # | Holding | In DEM | In DGS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INNOLUX CORP | 1.14% | 3.24% | 1.14% |
| 2 | GROWTHPOINT PROPERTIES LTD | 0.40% | 1.22% | 0.40% |
| 3 | POWERTECH TECHNOLOGY INC | 0.38% | 1.16% | 0.38% |
| 4 | NICHIDENBO CORP | 0.37% | 0.54% | 0.37% |
| 5 | L&K ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD | 0.33% | 0.42% | 0.33% |
| 6 | HOLY STONE ENTERPRISE COMPANY LTD | 0.77% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 7 | WPG HOLDINGS LTD | 0.30% | 0.76% | 0.30% |
| 8 | GRUPO AEROPORTUARIO DEL CENTRO SAB DE CV | 0.28% | 0.72% | 0.28% |
| 9 | MAGYAR TELEKOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS NYRT | 0.28% | 0.37% | 0.28% |
| 10 | SYNNEX TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL CORP | 0.28% | 0.68% | 0.28% |
| 11 | NATIONAL ALUMINIUM COMPANY LTD | 0.25% | 0.63% | 0.25% |
| 12 | REDEFINE PROPERTIES LTD | 0.25% | 0.70% | 0.25% |
Only in DEM
226 total- MEDIATEK INC 6.71%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP 4.04%
- UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP 3.14%
- INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD (THE) 2.45%
- SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY 1.89%
- GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE SAB DE CV 1.78%
- ORLEN SA 1.65%
- QUANTA COMPUTER INC 1.59%
- FOMENTO ECONOMICO MEXICANO SAB DE CV 1.48%
- POWSZECHNA KASA OSZCZEDNOSCI BANK POLSKI SA 1.48%
Only in DGS
720 total- TIGER BRANDS LTD 0.60%
- WINWAY TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 0.53%
- TISCO FINANCIAL GROUP PCL 0.48%
- TEST RESEARCH INC 0.44%
- AUO CORP 0.43%
- HENGDIAN GROUP DMEGC MAGNETICS CO LTD 0.41%
- SIGURD MICROELECTRONICS CORP 0.40%
- TOPCO SCIENTIFIC CO LTD 0.40%
- ZHEJIANG LONGSHENG GROUP CO LTD 0.40%
- BANCO ITAU CHILE 0.35%
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- DEM vs DVYE · iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF 17.0%
- DEM vs VYMI · Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 8.9%
- DEM vs SCHY · Schwab International Dividend Equity ETF 6.1%
- DEM vs IGRO · iShares International Dividend Growth ETF 2.1%
- DEM vs IDV · iShares International Select Dividend ETF 0.1%
- DEM vs VIGI · Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
More comparisons with DGS
- DGS vs DVYE · iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF 5.9%
- DGS vs VYMI · Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 0.9%
- DGS vs IGRO · iShares International Dividend Growth ETF 0.4%
- DGS vs IDV · iShares International Select Dividend ETF 0.3%
- DGS vs SCHY · Schwab International Dividend Equity ETF 0.2%
- DGS vs VIGI · Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 0.2%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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