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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and EEM +16.3%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or EEM?

AVEM is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVEM vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to EEM's +16.3%; 12% 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 $29.1bn for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+16.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVEM costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points; EEM is 1.1 times larger.

AVEM vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	EEM
Return
Measure	AVEM	EEM
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+16.3%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	EEM
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	10.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	EEM
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	EEM
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.72%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.3bn	$29.1bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	EEM
Holdings in common	12%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%	37.2%

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

Risk and return

Sep 27, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026 · 369 weekly returns

AVEM EEM

Return

Total return edge AVEM +113.9% +79.0%

Annualized edge AVEM +11.3% +8.5%

Price return edge AVEM +79.6% +52.6%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 19.6% 19.8%

Max drawdown edge AVEM −34.8% −39.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVEM 0.50 0.37

Sortino edge AVEM 0.70 0.52

Calmar edge AVEM 0.32 0.22

Reading

AVEM returned more: +113.9% to +79.0%. AVEM and EEM swung about the same: 19.6% and 19.8%. AVEM fell less at its worst: −34.8% to −39.1%.

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Risk and return: AVEM vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	EEM	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+113.9%	+79.0%	AVEM	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.3%	+8.5%	AVEM	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+79.6%	+52.6%	AVEM	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	19.6%	19.8%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	14.1%	14.1%	Tie	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−34.8%	−39.1%	AVEM	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.50	0.37	AVEM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.70	0.52	AVEM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.32	0.22	AVEM	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 369 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

12%

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and EEM hold 12% 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 AVEM EEM

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING ADR ADR 0.56% 0.59%

ICICI BANK LTD SPON ADR ADR 0.50% 0.68%

PDD HOLDINGS INC ADR USD.00002 0.47% 0.36%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP INC ADR ADR 0.50% 0.33%

INFOSYS LTD SP ADR ADR 0.28% 0.33%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC COMMON STOCK 0.27% 0.38%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO COMMON STOCK 0.27% 0.37%

GOLD FIELDS LTD SPONS ADR ADR 0.25% 0.28%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP ADR ADR 0.36% 0.24%

LARSEN + TOUBRO LTD COMMON STOCK INR2.0 0.23% 0.23%

CREDICORP LTD COMMON STOCK USD5.0 0.22% 0.22%

OTP BANK PLC COMMON STOCK HUF100.0 0.21% 0.25%

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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 EEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 15.98%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.88%

SK HYNIX 4.91%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.64%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.82%

MEDIATEK 1.54%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.94%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.91%

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Side by side

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Emerging markets

Total return, 1 year +17.9% +16.3%

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.72%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4088 1186

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $27.3bn $29.1bn

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

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AVEM and EEM are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. AVEM follows No index, actively managed and EEM follows MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
Holdings in common. 12% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
Number of holdings. AVEM holds 4,088 positions and EEM holds 1186.

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.

EEM

EEM tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.72% 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 1,186 positions, with the top ten at 37.2%. It sat 10.8% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or EEM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and EEM +16.3%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or EEM?: AVEM is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and EEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of EEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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EEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EEM ↗

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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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