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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +31.8% and MBB returned −0.1%, so AVEM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or MBB?

AVEM charges 0.33% a year and MBB charges 0.04%, so MBB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

ETFIQetfiq.com · independent ETF data

AVEM vs MBB: how they differ

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

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and iShares MBS ETF.

What they hold in common

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

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AVEM	Only in MBB
SK hynix Inc 7.83%	BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY 7.26%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 6.33%	GNMA2 SF 30YR 0.09%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.70%	GNMA II 30YR SF - JUMBO-CONFORMING 0.08%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 4.11%	GNMA2 SINGLE FAMILY 30YR 0.04%
Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.51%	GNMA II 30YR 0.03%
MediaTek Inc 1.11%	GNMA2 30YR TBA(REG C) 0.03%
China Construction Bank Corp 0.89%	UMBS 15YR TBA(REG B) 0.03%
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.81%	FNMA 30YR UMBS MEGA REMIC SUPER 0.02%

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 MBB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF	MBB iShares MBS ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Avantis	iShares
What it is	Emerging Markets Equity	Mbs
Total return, 1 year	+31.8%	−0.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+14.3 pts	−17.6 pts
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.04%
Holdings	3897	2599

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.

MBB in plain words

MBB is a bond fund tracking the Mbs. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −0.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. It sat 3.3% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or MBB?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +31.8% and MBB returned −0.1%, so AVEM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or MBB?: AVEM charges 0.33% a year and MBB charges 0.04%, so MBB 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 MBB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, AVEM against MBB, data as of Sep 13, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/avem-vs-mbb Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

A comparison is not a recommendation. Standards and sources