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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +31.8% and VGSH returned +1.8%, so AVEM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or VGSH?

AVEM charges 0.33% a year and VGSH charges 0.03%, so VGSH 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 VGSH: how they differ

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

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and VGSH 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 VGSH
SK hynix Inc 7.83%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.26%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 6.33%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.41%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.70%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.36%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 4.11%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.32%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.51%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.31%
MediaTek Inc 1.11%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.30%
China Construction Bank Corp 0.89%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.27%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.81%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.27%

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 VGSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF	VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Avantis	Vanguard
What it is	Emerging Markets Equity	Short-Term Treasury
Total return, 1 year	+31.8%	+1.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+14.3 pts	−15.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.03%
Holdings	3897	91

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.

VGSH in plain words

VGSH is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or VGSH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +31.8% and VGSH returned +1.8%, so AVEM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or VGSH?: AVEM charges 0.33% a year and VGSH charges 0.03%, so VGSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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