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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +31.8% and GOVT returned −1.0%, so AVEM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or GOVT?

AVEM charges 0.33% a year and GOVT charges 0.05%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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AVEM vs GOVT: how they differ

AVEM and GOVT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and AVEM returned more over the year.

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and GOVT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AVEM	Only in GOVT
SK hynix Inc 7.83%	United States of America 5.31%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 6.33%	United States of America 2.96%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.70%	United States of America 2.63%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 4.11%	United States of America 2.09%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.51%	United States of America 1.61%
MediaTek Inc 1.11%	United States of America 1.57%
China Construction Bank Corp 0.89%	United States of America 1.53%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.81%	United States of America 1.51%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

AVEM and GOVT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Avantis	iShares
What it is	Emerging Markets Equity	U.S. Treasury Bond
Total return, 1 year	+31.8%	−1.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+14.3 pts	−18.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.05%
Holdings	3897	223

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.

GOVT in plain words

GOVT is a bond fund tracking the U.S. Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 8.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or GOVT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +31.8% and GOVT returned −1.0%, so AVEM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or GOVT?: AVEM charges 0.33% a year and GOVT charges 0.05%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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