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

In the year to Sep 21, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +28.9% and ETHA returned −42.6%, so AVEM returned more.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or ETHA?

AVEM charges 0.33% a year and ETHA charges 0.25%, so ETHA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 21, 2026.

ETFIQetfiq.com · independent ETF data

AVEM vs ETHA: how they differ

AVEM and ETHA hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and AVEM returned more over the year.

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and iShares Ethereum Trust ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and ETHA hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Only in each
Only in AVEM	Only in ETHA
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR ADR 6.58%	ETHER 100.00%
SK HYNIX INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 6.23%	USD CASH 0.00%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 6.04%
SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S GDR 5.29%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK HKD.00002 1.56%
MEDIATEK INC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 1.14%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 0.94%
UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.79%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Sep 18, 2026.

AVEM and ETHA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 21, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF	ETHA iShares Ethereum Trust ETF
Where it sits	Core fund	Core fund
Issuer	Avantis	iShares
What it is	Actively managed	Holds ether
Total return, 1 year	+28.9%	−42.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+16.6%	+16.6%
Gap to the S&P 500	+12.3 pts	−59.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.25%
Holdings	4061	2
Net assets	$28.4bn	$9.2bn

AVEM in plain words

AVEM is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned +28.9% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Sep 18, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4061 positions, with the top ten at 30.0%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Sep 18, 2026.

ETHA in plain words

ETHA holds ether. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026 it returned −42.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.6% for the S&P 500 and +21.8% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. It sat 45.6% below its high of Aug 22, 2025 on Sep 18, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or ETHA?: In the year to Sep 21, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +28.9% and ETHA returned −42.6%, so AVEM returned more.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or ETHA?: AVEM charges 0.33% a year and ETHA charges 0.25%, so ETHA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Other comparisons

Where to next

Where these figures came from

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.

AVEM against ETHA, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 21, 2026. Every figure is calculated from a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, AVEM against ETHA, data as of Sep 21, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/avem-vs-etha Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

A comparison is not a recommendation. Standards and sources