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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +27.6% and SPEM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or SPEM?

SPEM 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 SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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AVEM vs SPEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

AVEM and SPEM hold 45% 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 $17.5bn on Oct 8, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF.

SPEM costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.9 points; AVEM is 1.6 times larger.

	AVEM	SPEM
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026	$28.2bn	$17.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+27.6%	+13.7%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Emerging BMI Index ?
Holdings in common	45%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	29.6%	26.5%
Below its high	5.4%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026.

+27.6%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPEM total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.07%

SPEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and SPEM hold 45% 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 Oct 8, 2026.

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45% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding AVEM SPEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 6.05% 15.00%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK HKD.00002 1.51% 2.58%

MEDIATEK INC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 1.08% 1.88%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 0.94% 0.96%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.65% 0.87%

DELTA ELECTRONICS INC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.56% 1.03%

BANK OF CHINA LTD H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 0.57% 0.50%

UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.54% 0.49%

IND + COMM BK OF CHINA H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 0.49% 0.55%

ICICI BANK LTD SPON ADR ADR 0.46% 0.68%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING CO COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.50% 0.46%

PDD HOLDINGS INC ADR USD.00002 0.45% 0.47%

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%

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.71%

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%

Only in SPEM

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD 2.02%

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING CO LT 0.77%

UNITED MICROELECTRON SP ADR 0.49%

NETEASE INC 0.38%

DELTA ELECTRONICS THAI FORGN 0.32%

AXIS BANK LTD 0.30%

GOLD FIELDS LTD 0.28%

LARSEN + TOUBRO GDR REG S 0.24%

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On the same fields

AVEM

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

SPEM

State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +27.6% +13.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +10.4 pts −3.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4065 2746

Net assets, AVEM as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPEM as of Oct 8, 2026 $28.4bn $17.5bn

AVEM and SPEM 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.

SPEM in plain words

SPEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 2,746 positions, with the top ten at 26.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or SPEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +27.6% and SPEM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or SPEM?: SPEM 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 SPEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 0% of SPEM 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 ↗SPEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SPEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street 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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