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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +27.6% and SCHE +12.6%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or SCHE?

SCHE is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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AVEM vs SCHE: Differences, Returns & Fees

AVEM and SCHE hold 44% of their weight in the same names, and AVEM returned +27.6% over the year. Net assets: $28.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF, and $12.7bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

SCHE costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.0 points; AVEM is 2.0 times larger.

	AVEM	SCHE
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.06%
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026	$26.0bn	$12.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+27.6%	+12.6%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Emerging Index
Holdings in common	44%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	29.6%	30.3%
Below its high	5.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+27.6%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+12.6%

SCHE total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.06%

SCHE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and SCHE hold 44% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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44% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding AVEM SCHE

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 6.05% 17.05%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK HKD.00002 1.51% 3.15%

MEDIATEK INC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 1.08% 1.88%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 0.94% 0.88%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.65% 1.04%

DELTA ELECTRONICS INC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.56% 1.40%

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.71% 0.50%

IND + COMM BK OF CHINA H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 0.49% 0.63%

PDD HOLDINGS INC ADR USD.00002 0.45% 0.60%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 0.57% 0.42%

HDFC BANK LIMITED COMMON STOCK INR1.0 0.42% 0.83%

PING AN INSURANCE GROUP CO H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 0.42% 0.46%

Only in AVEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR ADR 6.84%

SK HYNIX INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 5.60%

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S GDR 5.46%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING SP ADR ADR USD.000025 0.70%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING ADR ADR 0.60%

LG ELECTRONICS INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 0.60%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP INC ADR ADR 0.50%

NETEASE INC ADR ADR USD.0001 0.48%

Only in SCHE

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%

Reliance Industries Ltd 0.88%

ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.59%

Vale SA 0.55%

NetEase Inc 0.42%

Itau Unibanco Holding SA 0.41%

Infosys Ltd 0.39%

Petroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras 0.35%

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On the same fields

AVEM

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis Schwab

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +27.6% +12.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +10.4 pts −4.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4065 2178

Net assets, AVEM as of Oct 9, 2026 and SCHE as of May 31, 2026 $28.4bn $12.7bn

AVEM and SCHE 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.

SCHE in plain words

SCHE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% 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 2,178 positions, with the top ten at 30.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or SCHE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +27.6% and SCHE +12.6%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or SCHE?: SCHE is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of SCHE 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 ↗SCHE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗

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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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