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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +27.6% and EMGF +28.0%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or EMGF?

EMGF is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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AVEM vs EMGF: Differences, Returns & Fees

AVEM and EMGF hold 9% of their weight in the same names. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $28.4bn for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and $1.9bn for iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF.

EMGF costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; AVEM is 14.7 times larger.

	AVEM	EMGF
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.26%
Net assets	$28.4bn	$1.9bn
Total return, 1 year	+27.6%	+28.0%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	STOXX Emerging Markets Equity Factor Index
Holdings in common	9%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	29.6%	31.8%
Below its high	5.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026	6.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+27.6%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+28.0%

EMGF total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.26%

EMGF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and EMGF hold 9% 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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9% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding AVEM EMGF

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING ADR ADR 0.60% 0.71%

ICICI BANK LTD SPON ADR ADR 0.46% 0.56%

PDD HOLDINGS INC ADR USD.00002 0.45% 0.51%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP INC ADR ADR 0.50% 0.38%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP ADR ADR 0.43% 0.36%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC COMMON STOCK 0.27% 0.28%

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL CO COMMON STOCK 0.26% 0.31%

INFOSYS LTD SP ADR ADR 0.24% 0.35%

LARSEN + TOUBRO LTD COMMON STOCK INR2.0 0.22% 0.24%

GOLD FIELDS LTD SPONS ADR ADR 0.24% 0.17%

OTP BANK PLC COMMON STOCK HUF100.0 0.19% 0.17%

EMAAR PROPERTIES PJSC COMMON STOCK AED1.0 0.17% 0.16%

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%

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.71%

Only in EMGF

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 10.55%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.64%

SK HYNIX 4.87%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.50%

MEDIATEK 1.82%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.81%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.06%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.02%

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On the same fields

AVEM

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

EMGF

iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +27.6% +28.0%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +10.4 pts +10.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.26%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4065 717

Net assets $28.4bn $1.9bn

AVEM and EMGF 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.

EMGF in plain words

EMGF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +28.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% 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 717 positions, with the top ten at 31.8%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or EMGF?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +27.6% and EMGF +28.0%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or EMGF?: EMGF is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and EMGF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of EMGF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Avantis website ↗EMGF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EMGF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EMGF ↗

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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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