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AVEM vs ESGE: Differences, Returns & Fees

AVEM and ESGE hold 7% of their weight in the same names, and AVEM returned +27.6% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $28.4bn for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and $6.9bn for iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF.

ESGE costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points; AVEM is 4.1 times larger.

AVEMESGE
Expense ratio0.33%0.25%
Net assets$28.4bn$6.9bn
Total return, 1 year+27.6%+26.7%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedMSCI Emerging Markets Extended ESG Focus Index
Holdings in common7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund29.6%39.6%
Below its high5.4%, high on Jun 22, 20264.6%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+27.6%
AVEM total return, 1 year
+26.7%
ESGE total return, 1 year
0.33%
AVEM expense ratio
0.25%
ESGE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and ESGE hold 7% 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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7% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding AVEM ESGE
ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING ADR ADR 0.60% 0.71%
KB FINANCIAL GROUP INC ADR ADR 0.50% 0.53%
ICICI BANK LTD SPON ADR ADR 0.46% 0.53%
SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP ADR ADR 0.43% 0.47%
LENOVO GROUP LTD COMMON STOCK 0.28% 0.45%
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PLC COMMON STOCK 0.27% 0.35%
GOLD FIELDS LTD SPONS ADR ADR 0.24% 0.45%
INFOSYS LTD SP ADR ADR 0.24% 0.26%
CREDICORP LTD COMMON STOCK USD5.0 0.22% 0.34%
XP INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK 0.20% 0.30%
BANCO BRADESCO ADR ADR 0.19% 0.22%
SHRIRAM FINANCE LTD COMMON STOCK INR2.0 0.18% 0.30%
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 ESGE
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 16.07%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 7.53%
SK HYNIX 5.80%
TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.34%
MEDIATEK 1.76%
ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.61%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 1.21%
DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.14%

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On the same fields

AVEM
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF
ESGE
iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM 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% +26.7%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 +10.4 pts +9.4 pts
Expense ratio 0.33% 0.25%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%
Holdings 4065 296
Net assets $28.4bn $6.9bn

AVEM and ESGE 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.

ESGE in plain words

ESGE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% 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 296 positions, with the top ten at 39.6%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or ESGE?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +27.6% and ESGE +26.7%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or ESGE?
ESGE 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 ESGE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of ESGE 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 ↗ESGE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ESGE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ESGE ↗

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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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