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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and AVEM +17.9%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or AVEM?

AOR is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 0% of AVEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AOR vs AVEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to AVEM's +17.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $27.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AOR costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points; AVEM is 7.0 times larger.

AOR vs AVEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	AVEM
Return
Measure	AOR	AVEM
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+17.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AOR	AVEM
Below its high		10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	AVEM
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	AVEM
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.33%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.9bn	$27.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	AVEM
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%	28.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and AVEM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR AVEM

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AOR

ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%

ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%

ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%

ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%

iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%

ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%

ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%

Only in AVEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR ADR 6.82%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 6.09%

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S GDR 5.35%

SK HYNIX INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 4.89%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK HKD.00002 1.49%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 1.02%

MEDIATEK INC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.96%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.73%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Allocation ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Avantis

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +17.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.33%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 7 4088

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and AVEM as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $27.3bn

AOR and AVEM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

AVEM

AVEM is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,088 positions, with the top ten at 28.7%. It sat 10.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or AVEM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and AVEM +17.9%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or AVEM?: AOR is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AOR and AVEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AOR and 0% of AVEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

AOR on its own →AVEM on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AOR dividend history →AOR holdings →AVEM dividend history →AVEM holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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