DFA Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio Institutional Class (DEMSX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
26.30
+0.27 (1.04%)
Jul 3, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
9.49%
Fund Assets 3.69B
Expense Ratio 0.61%
Min. Investment $0.00
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 0.82
Dividend Yield 3.16%
Dividend Growth 24.19%
Payout Frequency Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date Jun 27, 2025
Previous Close 26.03
YTD Return 12.93%
1-Year Return 11.91%
5-Year Return 78.96%
52-Week Low 20.81
52-Week High 26.30
Beta (5Y) 0.66
Holdings 1
Inception Date Mar 5, 1998

About DEMSX

The Portfolio is a Feeder Portfolio and pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in its corresponding master fund, the Emerging Markets Small Cap Series (the "Emerging Markets Small Cap Series") of the DFA Investment Trust Company (the "Trust"), which has the same investment objective and policies as the Portfolio. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the Emerging Markets Small Cap Series will invest at least 80% of its net assets in emerging market investments that are designated in the Prospectus as Approved Market securities of small companies.

Fund Family Dimensional Fds
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol DEMSX
Share Class - Institutional Class
Index MSCI EM (Emerging Markets) NR USD

Performance

DEMSX had a total return of 11.91% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 10.18%.

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jun 27, 2025 $0.1807 Jun 30, 2025
Mar 28, 2025 $0.02377 Mar 31, 2025
Dec 13, 2024 $0.3034 Dec 13, 2024
Sep 27, 2024 $0.31587 Sep 30, 2024
Jun 27, 2024 $0.11904 Jun 28, 2024
Mar 27, 2024 $0.02009 Mar 28, 2024
Full Dividend History