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Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF DFAE

Issuer: Dimensional SEC registrant: Dimensional ETF Trust Equity · International
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Last price 37.54 USD Change: Up +0.07 Percent change: Up +0.19%

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Observed · 1 day ago Quotes may be delayed

Expense ratio
0.29%
Prospectus 28 Feb 2026
Net assets
$9.5B
As of 31 Jul 2026
Holdings
6,314
As of 31 Jul 2026
12-month distribution yield
1.97%
Quarterly
Asset class
Equity
From holdings

Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF (DFAE) is an exchange-traded fund listed on NYSE Arca in the United States, issued by Dimensional. Its category is Equity · International (equity). Its last price was US$37.54 on 20 Oct 2026. Its expense ratio is 0.29% a year, from its prospectus dated 28 Feb 2026. It reported net assets of US$9.47 billion as of 31 Jul 2026. Its latest holdings report lists 6,314 holdings as of 31 Jul 2026. Over the last 12 months it paid distributions of US$0.74 a unit, a 12-month distribution yield of 1.97%, paid quarterly.

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Fees

Total annual operating expenses (gross)
0.29%
Net, after fee waivers or reimbursements
No waiver stated
Management fee
0.29%
Prospectus date
28 Feb 2026
Filed with the SEC
27 Feb 2026

Source: SEC prospectus risk/return data sets (opens in a new tab) Filed

Size and reporting

Net assets
$9,473,094,088
Total assets
$9,650,489,024
Holdings as of
31 Jul 2026
Report made public
24 Sep 2026 (55 days after the month end)

Net assets are for the whole fund series, which for some funds (Vanguard's, for example) also includes mutual fund share classes.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Filed

Top holdings

Largest 25 of 6,314 positions, as of 31 Jul 2026. Weight is the percent of net assets the fund reported.

DFAE top holdings as of 31 Jul 2026
# Holding Identifier Weight Value (USD) Type Country Currency
1 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD TW0002330008 13.19% $1.2B Equity (common) Taiwan TWD
2 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. KR7005930003 5.17% $489.7M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
3 SK hynix Inc. KR7000660001 4.54% $429.7M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
4 Tencent Holdings Limited TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD KYG875721634 2.57% $243.4M Equity (common) Cayman Islands HKD
5 DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP The DFA Short Term Investment Fund 23320U405 1.21% $114.5M Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) United States USD
6 Alibaba Group Holding Limited ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD KYG017191142 1.20% $113.8M Equity (common) Cayman Islands HKD
7 MediaTek Inc. TW0002454006 0.97% $91.5M Equity (common) Taiwan TWD
8 HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. TW0002317005 0.79% $74.7M Equity (common) Taiwan TWD
9 CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION CNE1000002H1 0.77% $73.1M Equity (common) China HKD
10 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. US7960508882 0.67% $63.8M Other South Korea USD
11 DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. TW0002308004 0.62% $59.1M Equity (common) Taiwan TWD
12 INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LIMITED INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA LTD CNE1000003G1 0.46% $43.6M Equity (common) China HKD
13 ICICI BANK LIMITED ICICI BANK LTD US45104G1040 0.45% $42.7M Other India USD
14 BHARTI AIRTEL LIMITED BHARTI AIRTEL LTD INE397D01024 0.44% $41.9M Equity (common) India INR
15 Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. PING AN INSURANCE GROUP CO OF CHINA LTD CNE1000003X6 0.43% $40.5M Equity (common) China HKD
16 XIAOMI CORPORATION KYG9830T1067 0.41% $38.6M Equity (common) Cayman Islands HKD
17 RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD INE002A01018 0.40% $38.0M Equity (common) India INR
18 Alibaba Group Holding Limited ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING ADR US01609W1027 0.39% $37.3M Other Cayman Islands USD
19 PDD Holdings Inc. US7223041028 0.39% $37.3M Other Cayman Islands USD
20 MEITUAN KYG596691041 0.35% $33.5M Equity (common) Cayman Islands HKD
21 HDFC BANK LIMITED HDFC BANK LTD US40415F1012 0.35% $33.2M Other India USD
22 BANK OF CHINA LIMITED BANK OF CHINA LTD CNE1000001Z5 0.35% $32.8M Equity (common) China HKD
23 SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD KR7009150004 0.33% $31.4M Equity (common) South Korea KRW
24 AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC SA0007879113 0.31% $29.8M Equity (common) Saudi Arabia SAR
25 HDFC BANK LIMITED HDFC BANK LTD INE040A01034 0.31% $29.3M Equity (common) India INR

The fund reported 6,314 positions; the largest 2,000 are kept and make up 94.5% of its reported weight. Breakdowns below use every position.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Made public Holdings as of 31 Jul 2026

All 2,000 stored holdings

Breakdowns

Sums of reported weights over every position in the report. Totals can differ from 100% because of derivatives, borrowing and cash.

Asset type

Asset type by weight
TypeWeightBar
Equity (common) 93.60%
Other 6.42%
Short-term investment vehicles (cash funds) 1.21%
Equity derivatives <0.01%
Equity (preferred) <0.01%

Country

Country by weight
CountryWeightBar
Taiwan 27.07%
South Korea 18.09%
India 13.31%
China 10.40%
Cayman Islands 9.56%
Brazil 3.69%
South Africa 2.60%
Saudi Arabia 2.43%
Mexico 1.63%
United States 1.37%
United Arab Emirates 1.26%
Thailand 1.22%
Other (29) 8.59%

The country each issuer is assigned to in the report.

Currency exposure

Currency exposure by weight
CurrencyWeightBar
New Taiwan dollar (TWD) 26.95%
South Korean won (KRW) 17.19%
Hong Kong dollar (HKD) 15.37%
Indian rupee (INR) 12.09%
US dollar (USD) 7.24%
Chinese yuan (CNY) 4.45%
Brazilian real (BRL) 2.82%
South African rand (ZAR) 2.45%
Saudi riyal (SAR) 2.43%
UAE dirham (AED) 1.26%
Polish zloty (PLN) 1.25%
Mexican peso (MXN) 1.23%
Other (12) 6.49%

The currency each holding is denominated in. Currency hedges are not netted off, so a hedged fund still shows its holdings' currencies.

Sector

Sector weights for holdings matched to listed stocks
SectorWeightBar
Finance 1.43%
Consumer Discretionary 1.20%
Basic Materials 0.76%
Technology 0.73%
Telecommunications 0.23%
Industrials 0.20%
Consumer Staples 0.13%
Health Care 0.09%
Utilities 0.08%
Unknown 0.07%
Energy 0.02%

Partial coverage: sectors are known for 4.9% of net assets (5% of the fund's equity weight), the holdings matched by CUSIP or ticker to US stocks listed on this site. The rest is not assigned a sector.

Source: SEC Form N-PORT (opens in a new tab) Holdings as of

Distributions

Paid in the last 12 months
$0.7380
4 payments per unit
12-month yield
1.97%
Distributions only, not total return
Frequency
Quarterly
From the gaps between ex-dates
Latest ex-date
22 Sep 2026

12-month yield = distributions per unit with an ex-date in the last 12 months ($0.7380) ÷ latest price ($37.54) × 100 = 1.97%. It looks back, so it is not a forecast; special distributions in the window are included.

Why a distribution yield is not the fund's return: yield vs total return

Distribution history table (20 payments)
DFAE distributions per unit by ex-date
Ex-dateAmount per unit
22 Sep 2026$0.2680
23 Jun 2026$0.2120
24 Mar 2026$0.0530
16 Dec 2025$0.2050
23 Sep 2025$0.2300
24 Jun 2025$0.2250
25 Mar 2025$0.0570
17 Dec 2024$0.1480
17 Sep 2024$0.2390
18 Jun 2024$0.1790
19 Mar 2024$0.0300
19 Dec 2023$0.0930
19 Sep 2023$0.2860
21 Jun 2023$0.1760
21 Mar 2023$0.0310
20 Dec 2022$0.1600
20 Sep 2022$0.2760
22 Jun 2022$0.1310
22 Mar 2022$0.0580
16 Dec 2021$0.1490

Source: Yahoo Finance (opens in a new tab) Checked · 2 days ago Amounts are adjusted for later unit splits

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