FundNYSEARCAEmerging Markets

Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF

DFAE NYSE Arca

The investment objective of the Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.

39.06USD
+7.85 (+25.15%) 1 Year · close Oct 12

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Dividend yield
1.21%
Trailing 12 months
Volatility · 1Y
23.9%
Above Average
Beta
0.79
vs the market
52-week range
30.9141.46
01 Performance

How DFAE has paid off

Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.

Return by period

Price · to Oct 12
Above Average performance Select a period to update every chart on the page.

Total return vs price return

Price only
+1.5 pts
0%10%20%30% DFAE +26.7% Price +25.2%

Over 1 year, DFAE returned +26.7% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +1.5 pts to the price move.

02 Risk

How bumpy is the ride?

Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.

Volatility

Annualized · 1Y
23.9%Above Average

A typical year sees the price swing about ±24% around its trend.

Drawdown from peak

How far below its previous high the price has been
−13.8%
0%-8%−13.8%

Deepest fall −13.8% on Jul 29, 2026 — 41 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 31% of the time.

Market sensitivity

Beta
Market moves+10.0%
DFAE tends to move+7.9%

A beta of 0.79 means DFAE has moved less than the market.

Sharpe ratio 1.25 Return earned per unit of volatility
03 Technicals

Trend & momentum

Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.

Price vs moving averages

Uptrend
39.06
  • 12-day average39.54 −1.2%
  • 26-day average39.53 −1.2%
  • 50-day average39.32 −0.7%
  • 200-day average37.03 +5.5%

The price is above 1 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.

Relative strength (RSI)

Neutral
OversoldOverbought38.3

RSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.

Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.

04 Dividends

What it pays you

Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.

Dividend yield1.21%

About 12 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.

Per share
0.47
Last paid
Sep 22, 2026

Last 12 months

0.47 USD / share
0.21Dec 160.27Sep 22
05 Themes

Where DFAE shows up

Curated themes and indices that hold DFAE. Open one to see it in context, or test the whole theme in a portfolio.

06 Profile

About Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF

The investment objective of the Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF is to achieve long-term capital appreciation.

  • Featured in 1 curated theme
Ticker
DFAE
Exchange
NYSE Arca
ISIN
US25434V3024
CUSIP
25434V302
Currency
U.S. Dollar (USD)
Country
USA
Sector
Emerging Markets
Industry
Investable Market Core
Benchmark
MSCI Emerging Markets IMI Index (net div.)
All key statistics

Details

NameDimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF
TickerDFAE
ISINUS25434V3024
CUSIP25434V302
ExchangeNYSEARCA
CategoryEmerging Markets
Sub CategoryInvestable Market Core
CountryUSA
CurrencyU.S. Dollar
Inception DateDec 1, 2020
BenchmarkMSCI Emerging Markets IMI Index (net div.)

Shareas of Oct 12, 2026

Close Price USD39.06
52W Low / High 30.91 / 41.46
1Y Total Return26.67%
Above Average
1Y Volatility23.20%
Above Average
Beta0.79
12M Dividends0.473
Last Dividend DateSep 22, 2026
Dist. Frequency-
Dividend Yield1.21%

Dataas of Oct 13, 2026

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Discount/Premium-
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Shares Outstanding-
Volume 20D Avg-
Nbr of Holdings-
Risk Rank-
Net Expense-
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