DEHP ETF — Dimensional Emerging Markets High Profitability ETF

Dimensional Emerging Markets High Profitability ETF (DEHP)

Updated October 16, 2026.

DEHP is an ETF. its distribution rate is 2.00%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.51%, its expense ratio is 0.41%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 85/100 (Safe). Total return is 67.1% over the past 4.5 years, 27.2 points behind SPY at 94.3%.

Dimensional Emerging Markets High Profitability ETF is an equity fund that invests in large-cap companies from emerging and frontier markets that demonstrate high profitability relative to their peers. The fund distributes quarterly, with a current distribution rate in the low single digits, and carries an expense ratio of 0.41%; note that the latest distribution was special and may not recur as part of the regular payout schedule. The fund appeals to international equity investors seeking exposure to profitable large-cap emerging-market companies.

DEHP performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 67.1% over the past 4.5 years, 27.2 points behind SPY at 94.3%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 22.9%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 17.3%.

DEHP key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

85 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.70%

Issuer

Dimensional

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

04/26/2022

Expense ratio

0.41%

Distribution rate

2.00%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.51%

Last close

$37.86 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$451,952,741

Average volume

125396.0

Dividend

$0.245

Ex-dividend date

09/22/2026

Payment date

09/24/2026

Beta

1.17

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (2.00%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.51%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Dimensional; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

DEHP risks and drawbacks

DEHP's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 17.3%.

Who may consider DEHP — and who may not

DEHP may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (DEHP pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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