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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and VGIT −1.5%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or VGIT?

VGIT is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVEM vs VGIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to VGIT's −1.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $27.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF, and $39.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

−1.5%

VGIT total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.03%

VGIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VGIT costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 19.4 points.

AVEM vs VGIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	VGIT
Return
Measure	AVEM	VGIT
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	−1.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	VGIT
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	3.5%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	VGIT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	VGIT
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.03%
Net assets, AVEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VGIT as of Sep 30, 2026	$27.3bn	$39.7bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	VGIT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and VGIT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVEM VGIT

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 VGIT

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.91%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.87%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.85%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.83%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.82%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.81%

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Side by side

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Avantis Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Treasury

Total return, 1 year +17.9% −1.5%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.5% (SCHR)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs SCHR

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.03%

Holdings 4088 103

Net assets, AVEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VGIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $27.3bn $39.7bn

AVEM and VGIT 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.

VGIT

VGIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Treasury. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.5% with distributions reinvested, against −1.5% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or VGIT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and VGIT −1.5%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or VGIT?: VGIT is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

VGIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VGIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VGIT ↗

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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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