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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and AVUV +25.1%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or AVUV?

AVUV is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVEM vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to AVUV's +25.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $27.3bn for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and $32.1bn for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUV costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.2 points; AVUV is 1.2 times larger.

AVEM vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	AVUV
Return
Measure	AVEM	AVUV
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+25.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	AVUV
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	AVUV
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	AVUV
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.3bn	$32.1bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	AVUV
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%	7.9%

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

Risk and return

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

AVEM AVUV

Return

Total return edge AVUV +112.2% +180.4%

Annualized edge AVUV +11.2% +15.7%

Price return edge AVUV +78.1% +150.6%

Risk

Volatility edge AVEM 19.7% 27.5%

Max drawdown edge AVEM −34.8% −48.5%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVUV 0.49 0.56

Sortino edge AVUV 0.69 0.82

Calmar edge Tie 0.32 0.32

Reading

AVUV returned more: +180.4% to +112.2%. AVEM swung less: 19.7% to 27.5%. AVEM fell less at its worst: −34.8% to −48.5%.

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Risk and return: AVEM vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	AVUV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+112.2%	+180.4%	AVUV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.2%	+15.7%	AVUV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+78.1%	+150.6%	AVUV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	19.7%	27.5%	AVEM	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	14.1%	18.9%	AVEM	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−34.8%	−48.5%	AVEM	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.49	0.56	AVUV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.69	0.82	AVUV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.32	0.32	Tie	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, AVEM and AVUV 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 AVEM AVUV

SSC GOVERNMENT MM GVMXX 0.04% 0.06%

Only in one fund ↓

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%

Only in AVUV

MATSON INC COMMON STOCK 0.99%

GATX CORP COMMON STOCK USD.625 0.89%

SM ENERGY CO COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.83%

ABERCROMBIE + FITCH CO CL A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.79%

LYFT INC A COMMON STOCK USD.00001 0.77%

MACY S INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.77%

MURPHY OIL CORP COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.73%

SKYWEST INC COMMON STOCK 0.73%

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Side by side

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis Avantis

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +17.9% +25.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +21.1% (IWN)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +4.0 pts vs IWN

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4088 791

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $27.3bn $32.1bn

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

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AVEM and AVUV 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 AVEM returned +17.9% and AVUV +25.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 7.2 points.
Number of holdings. AVEM holds 4,088 positions and AVUV holds 791.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

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.

AVUV

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.1% with distributions reinvested, against +21.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value.

AVUV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% 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 791 positions, with the top ten at 7.9%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or AVUV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and AVUV +25.1%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or AVUV?: AVUV is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and AVUV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of AVUV 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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