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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and XLB +18.5%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or XLB?

XLB is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVEM vs XLB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to XLB's +18.5%; 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 $8.1bn for State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+18.5%

XLB total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.08%

XLB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLB costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; AVEM is 3.4 times larger.

AVEM vs XLB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	XLB
Return
Measure	AVEM	XLB
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+18.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	XLB
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	XLB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Materials Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	XLB
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.3bn	$8.1bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	XLB
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%	58.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and XLB 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 XLB

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 XLB

LINDE PLC 12.96%

NEWMONT CORP 6.56%

FREEPORT MCMORAN INC 5.23%

ECOLAB INC 4.98%

VULCAN MATERIALS CO 4.89%

NUCOR CORP 4.89%

AIR PRODUCTS + CHEMICALS INC 4.84%

STEEL DYNAMICS INC 4.77%

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Side by side

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF XLB State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Materials

Total return, 1 year +17.9% +18.5%

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.8%

Holdings 4088 25

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $27.3bn $8.1bn

AVEM and XLB 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.

XLB

XLB tracks an index of Materials. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% 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 25 positions, with the top ten at 58.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or XLB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and XLB +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or XLB?: XLB is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and XLB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 100% of XLB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

XLB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLB 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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