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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and BOND −1.4%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or BOND?

AVEM is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVEM vs BOND: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to BOND's −1.4%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $27.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF, and $8.3bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVEM costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.3 points.

AVEM vs BOND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	BOND
Return
Measure	AVEM	BOND
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	−1.4%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	BOND
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	BOND
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	BOND
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.54%
Net assets, AVEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and BOND as of Jun 30, 2026	$27.3bn	$8.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	BOND
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and BOND hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVEM BOND

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 BOND

UMBS, TBA 5.56%

PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%

UMBS, TBA 3.46%

United States Treasury 3.40%

UMBS, TBA 2.73%

United States Treasury 2.57%

UMBS, TBA 2.54%

UMBS, TBA 2.27%

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Side by side

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Avantis PIMCO

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +17.9% −1.4%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.54%

Holdings 4088 1565

Net assets, AVEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 $27.3bn $8.3bn

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

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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.

BOND

BOND is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. It sat 3.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or BOND?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and BOND −1.4%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or BOND?: AVEM is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO 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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