Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or EEM?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +31.8% and EEM returned +32.3%, so EEM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or EEM?

AVEM charges 0.33% a year and EEM charges 0.72%, so AVEM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AVEM and EEM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of EEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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AVEM vs EEM: how they differ

AVEM and EEM hold 1% of their weight in the same names.

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and EEM hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AVEM and EEM both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	AVEM	EEM
PDD Holdings Inc	0.70%	0.47%
Credicorp Ltd	0.21%	0.18%
Yum China Holdings Inc	0.13%	0.12%
Southern Copper Corp	0.08%	0.14%
H World Group Ltd	0.08%	0.07%
XP Inc	0.10%	0.05%
Cia de Minas Buenaventura SAA	0.17%	0.05%
Tencent Music Entertainment Group	0.04%	0.04%
Vipshop Holdings Ltd	0.15%	0.04%
StoneCo Ltd	0.03%	0.02%
JBS NV	0.01%	0.04%
NU Holdings Ltd/Cayman Islands	0.01%	0.35%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AVEM	Only in EEM
SK hynix Inc 7.83%	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Compa 14.28%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 6.33%	SK hynix Inc. 6.65%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.70%	Tencent Holdings Limited 2.71%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 4.11%	Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.08%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.51%	MediaTek Inc. 1.62%
MediaTek Inc 1.11%	DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.17%
China Construction Bank Corp 0.89%	HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.90%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.81%	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.85%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026.

AVEM and EEM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF	EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Avantis	iShares
What it is	Emerging Markets Equity	Emerging markets
Total return, 1 year	+31.8%	+32.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+14.3 pts	+14.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.72%
Already in the S&P 500	0.0%	0.0%
Holdings	3897	1245

AVEM in plain words

AVEM is an index equity fund tracking the Emerging Markets Equity. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +31.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3897 positions, with the top ten at 29.9%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

EEM in plain words

EEM is an index equity fund tracking the Emerging markets. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +32.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.72% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1245 positions, with the top ten at 38.9%. It sat 4.7% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or EEM?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +31.8% and EEM returned +32.3%, so EEM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or EEM?: AVEM charges 0.33% a year and EEM charges 0.72%, so AVEM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and EEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of EEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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