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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +27.6% and AVES +18.3%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or AVES?

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 AVEM and AVES overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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AVEM vs AVES: Differences, Returns & Fees

AVEM and AVES hold 37% of their weight in the same names, and AVEM returned +27.6% over the year. Net assets: $28.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF, and $1.5bn on May 31, 2026 for Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF.

AVEM costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.3 points; AVEM is 17.8 times larger.

	AVEM	AVES
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.36%
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026	$26.0bn	$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+27.6%	+18.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	37%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	29.6%	10.9%
Below its high	5.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026	3.8%, high on Jun 15, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+27.6%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+18.3%

AVES total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.36%

AVES expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and AVES hold 37% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

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37% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding AVEM AVES

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.71% 0.83%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING ADR ADR 0.60% 1.71%

LG ELECTRONICS INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 0.60% 1.15%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING CO COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.50% 1.25%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP INC ADR ADR 0.50% 0.90%

NETEASE INC ADR ADR USD.0001 0.48% 0.44%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 0.43% 1.13%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP ADR ADR 0.43% 0.90%

CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING CO COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.40% 0.91%

VALE SA SP ADR ADR 0.40% 0.63%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LT COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.39% 0.65%

ZHEN DING TECHNOLOGY HOLDING COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.36% 0.91%

Only in AVEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR ADR 6.84%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 6.05%

SK HYNIX INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 5.60%

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S GDR 5.46%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK HKD.00002 1.51%

MEDIATEK INC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 1.08%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 0.94%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING SP ADR ADR USD.000025 0.70%

Only in AVES

EZCONN CORPORATION COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.08%

TWD999999 0.07%

JIU HAN SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY CO COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.03%

ZAR999999 0.03%

ASTRA MICROWAVE PRODUCTS LTD COMMON STOCK INR2.0 0.01%

CHUNG HWA CHEMICAL INDUST COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.01%

DARMA HENWA PT TBK COMMON STOCK IDR100.0 0.01%

GROUP UP INDUSTRIAL CO LTD COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.01%

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On the same fields

AVEM

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

AVES

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis Avantis

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +27.6% +18.3%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +10.4 pts +1.1 pts

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.36%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4065 1987

Net assets, AVEM as of Oct 9, 2026 and AVES as of May 31, 2026 $28.4bn $1.5bn

AVEM and AVES on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

AVEM in plain words

AVEM is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,065 positions, with the top ten at 29.6%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

AVES in plain words

AVES is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,987 positions, with the top ten at 10.9%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Jun 15, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or AVES?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +27.6% and AVES +18.3%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or AVES?: 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 AVEM and AVES overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of AVES by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

AVEM and AVES filings on SEC EDGAR ↗AVEM and AVES 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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