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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and SPYG +12.2%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or SPYG?

SPYG is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVEM vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to SPYG's +12.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $27.3bn for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and $55.9bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+12.2%

SPYG total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.04%

SPYG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYG costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.7 points; SPYG is 2.0 times larger.

AVEM vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	SPYG
Return
Measure	AVEM	SPYG
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+12.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	SPYG
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	SPYG
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P 500 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	SPYG
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.3bn	$55.9bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	SPYG
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%	59.6%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and SPYG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVEM SPYG

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 SPYG

NVIDIA CORP 14.61%

MICROSOFT CORP 10.93%

APPLE INC 7.01%

ALPHABET INC CL A 5.21%

BROADCOM INC 4.51%

ALPHABET INC CL C 4.17%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 3.79%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.65%

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Side by side

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500 Growth

Total return, 1 year +17.9% +12.2%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +12.1% (IVW)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs IVW

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 100.0%

Holdings 4088 152

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $27.3bn $55.9bn

AVEM and SPYG 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.

SPYG

SPYG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 152 positions, with the top ten at 59.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or SPYG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and SPYG +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or SPYG?: SPYG is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

SPYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYG 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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