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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +31.8% and ILF returned +33.4%, so ILF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or ILF?

AVEM charges 0.33% a year and ILF charges 0.47%, so AVEM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of ILF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% 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 ILF: how they differ

AVEM and ILF hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and ILF returned more over the year.

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and iShares Latin America 40 ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and ILF hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AVEM and ILF both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	AVEM	ILF
Vale SA	0.49%	8.48%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras	0.34%	5.19%
Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras	0.30%	4.83%
Itau Unibanco Holding SA	0.23%	7.11%
Credicorp Ltd	0.21%	4.26%
Banco Bradesco SA	0.15%	2.95%
Gerdau SA	0.11%	0.82%
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA	0.10%	1.70%
Southern Copper Corp	0.08%	2.34%
Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de	0.08%	1.66%
Banco Santander Chile	0.06%	0.82%
Ambev SA	0.05%	2.15%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AVEM	Only in ILF
SK hynix Inc 7.83%	Grupo Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 5.68%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 6.33%	Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. 4.11%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.70%	America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. 3.76%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 4.11%	Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C. 3.43%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.51%	Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. 2.92%
MediaTek Inc 1.11%	ITAUSA S.A. 2.42%
China Construction Bank Corp 0.89%	B3 S.A - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcao 2.28%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.81%	Wal-Mart de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. 2.28%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

AVEM and ILF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF	ILF iShares Latin America 40 ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Avantis	iShares
What it is	Emerging Markets Equity	Latin America 40
Total return, 1 year	+31.8%	+33.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+14.3 pts	+15.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.47%
Already in the S&P 500	0.0%	0.0%
Holdings	3897	45

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.

ILF in plain words

ILF is an index equity fund tracking the Latin America 40. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +33.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 45 positions, with the top ten at 55.1%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Apr 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or ILF?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +31.8% and ILF returned +33.4%, so ILF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or ILF?: AVEM charges 0.33% a year and ILF charges 0.47%, so AVEM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and ILF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of ILF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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