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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or VTIP?

VTIP 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.

Across categories

AVEM vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to VTIP's +2.2%; 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 $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.7 points.

AVEM vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	VTIP
Return
Measure	AVEM	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+2.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	VTIP
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	VTIP
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.03%
Net assets, AVEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026	$27.3bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	VTIP
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 VTIP 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 VTIP

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 VTIP

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.22%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.14%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.97%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.96%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.87%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%

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Side by side

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Avantis Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year +17.9% +2.2%

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.03%

Holdings 4088 26

Net assets, AVEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $27.3bn $20.9bn

AVEM and VTIP 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.

VTIP

VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or VTIP?: VTIP 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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AVEM on its own →VTIP on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AVEM dividend history →AVEM holdings →VTIP dividend history →VTIP holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

VTIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTIP ↗

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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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