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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +31.8% and INDA returned −8.8%, so AVEM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or INDA?

AVEM charges 0.33% a year and INDA charges 0.61%, so AVEM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of INDA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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AVEM vs INDA: how they differ

AVEM and INDA hold 2% of their weight in the same names, and AVEM returned more over the year.

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and iShares MSCI India ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and INDA hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions AVEM and INDA both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	AVEM	INDA
Larsen & Toubro Ltd	0.25%	1.99%
Shriram Finance Ltd	0.20%	1.10%
NTPC Ltd	0.20%	1.10%
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd	0.12%	1.34%
BSE Ltd	0.12%	0.45%
Tech Mahindra Ltd	0.09%	0.62%
Oil & Natural Gas Corp Ltd	0.09%	0.46%
Tata Motors Ltd /new	0.08%	0.61%
Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited	0.08%	0.41%
Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd	0.06%	0.37%
L&T Finance Ltd	0.04%	0.19%
MRF Ltd	0.04%	0.23%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AVEM	Only in INDA
SK hynix Inc 7.83%	HDFC BANK 5.82%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 6.33%	RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 5.49%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.70%	ICICI BANK 5.39%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 4.11%	BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 3.87%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.51%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 2.40%
MediaTek Inc 1.11%	INFOSYS 2.37%
China Construction Bank Corp 0.89%	AXIS BANK 2.09%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.81%	MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LTD 2.03%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

AVEM and INDA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF	INDA iShares MSCI India ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Avantis	iShares
What it is	Emerging Markets Equity	MSCI India
Total return, 1 year	+31.8%	−8.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+14.3 pts	−26.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.61%
Already in the S&P 500	0.0%	0.0%
Holdings	3897	168

AVEM in plain words

AVEM is an index equity fund tracking the Emerging Markets Equity. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +31.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3897 positions, with the top ten at 29.9%. It sat 4.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

INDA in plain words

INDA is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI India. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −8.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.61% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 168 positions, with the top ten at 33.4%. It sat 17.4% below its high of Sep 26, 2024 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or INDA?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +31.8% and INDA returned −8.8%, so AVEM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or INDA?: AVEM charges 0.33% a year and INDA charges 0.61%, so AVEM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and INDA overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of INDA by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 2% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

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