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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and AVEM +17.9%.

Which is cheaper, AVDV or AVEM?

AVEM is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVDV vs AVEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVDV returned +22.8% to AVEM's +17.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $20.0bn for Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF and $27.3bn for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

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At a glance

+22.8%

AVDV total return, 1 year

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVDV expense ratio

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVEM costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.9 points; AVEM is 1.4 times larger.

AVDV vs AVEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	AVEM
Return
Measure	AVDV	AVEM
Total return, 1 year	+22.8%	+17.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AVDV	AVEM
Below its high	5.7%, high on Sep 4, 2026	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVDV	AVEM
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AVDV	AVEM
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.33%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$20.0bn	$27.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AVDV	AVEM
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.2%	28.7%

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

Risk and return

Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026 · 368 weekly returns

AVDV AVEM

Return

Total return edge AVDV +165.0% +112.2%

Annualized edge AVDV +14.8% +11.2%

Price return edge AVDV +115.2% +78.1%

Risk

Volatility edge AVEM (slight) 21.1% 19.7%

Max drawdown edge AVEM −41.8% −34.8%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVDV 0.62 0.49

Sortino edge AVDV 0.87 0.69

Calmar edge AVDV (slight) 0.35 0.32

Reading

AVDV returned more: +165.0% to +112.2%. AVEM swung slightly less: 19.7% to 21.1%. AVEM fell less at its worst: −34.8% to −41.8%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: AVDV vs AVEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	AVEM	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+165.0%	+112.2%	AVDV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.8%	+11.2%	AVDV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+115.2%	+78.1%	AVDV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	21.1%	19.7%	AVEM (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	15.1%	14.1%	AVEM (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−41.8%	−34.8%	AVEM	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.62	0.49	AVDV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.87	0.69	AVDV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.35	0.32	AVDV (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 368 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVDV AVEM

SSC GOVERNMENT MM GVMXX 0.20% 0.04%

METLEN ENERGY + METALS COMMON STOCK EUR1.0 0.01% 0.00%

EUR999999 -0.03% -0.01%

HKD999999 -0.00% -0.19%

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Only in AVDV

AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE + SYSTEM COMMON STOCK 0.81%

WHITBREAD PLC COMMON STOCK GBP.767974 0.68%

CLAL INSURANCE ENTERPR HLDGS COMMON STOCK ILS1.0 0.67%

TAMARACK VALLEY ENERGY LTD COMMON STOCK 0.60%

PERSEUS MINING LTD COMMON STOCK 0.59%

B2GOLD CORP COMMON STOCK 0.58%

LION FINANCE GROUP PLC COMMON STOCK GBP.01 0.58%

JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC COMMON STOCK GBP1.478994 0.56%

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

AVDV Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis Avantis

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +22.8% +17.9%

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.33%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1732 4088

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.0bn $27.3bn

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

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AVDV and AVEM do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AVDV returned +22.8% and AVEM +17.9% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 4.9 points.
What each follows (similar). Both follow No index, actively managed.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

AVDV

AVDV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +22.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% 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 1,732 positions, with the top ten at 6.2%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

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, AVDV or AVEM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and AVEM +17.9%.
Which is cheaper, AVDV or AVEM?: AVEM is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVDV and AVEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVDV and 0% of AVEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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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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