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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and EWT +69.9%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or EWT?

AVEM is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVEM vs EWT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to EWT's +69.9%; 1% 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 $12.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+69.9%

EWT total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.59%

EWT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVEM costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 52.0 points; AVEM is 2.3 times larger.

AVEM vs EWT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	EWT
Return
Measure	AVEM	EWT
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+69.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	EWT
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	7.7%, high on Oct 5, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	EWT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Taiwan 25/50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	EWT
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.3bn	$11.8bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	EWT
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%	47.7%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and EWT hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVEM EWT

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING ADR ADR 0.56% 2.86%

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 EWT

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 22.12%

MEDIATEK 6.03%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 3.31%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 3.25%

NAN YA PLASTICS CORP 2.54%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.04%

ELITE MATERIAL 1.88%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING 1.87%

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Side by side

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Taiwan

Total return, 1 year +17.9% +69.9%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +16.3% (EEM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +53.6 pts vs EEM

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.59%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4088 79

Net assets, AVEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and EWT as of Oct 28, 2026 $27.3bn $12.0bn

AVEM and EWT 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.

EWT

EWT tracks the MSCI Taiwan. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +69.9% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% 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 79 positions, with the top ten at 47.7%. It sat 7.7% below its high of Oct 5, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or EWT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and EWT +69.9%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or EWT?: AVEM is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and EWT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of EWT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

EWT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWT ↗

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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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