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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and XLK +27.1%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or XLK?

XLK 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 XLK overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVEM vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to XLK's +27.1%; 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 $125.0bn for State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+27.1%

XLK total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.08%

XLK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLK costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.2 points; XLK is 4.6 times larger.

AVEM vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	XLK
Return
Measure	AVEM	XLK
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+27.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	XLK
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	5.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	XLK
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Technology Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	XLK
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.3bn	$125.0bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	XLK
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%	64.6%

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

What they share

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

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 XLK

NVIDIA CORP 15.22%

APPLE INC 14.62%

MICROSOFT CORP 11.38%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.78%

BROADCOM INC 4.70%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.02%

INTEL CORP 2.72%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 2.67%

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Side by side

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF XLK State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Technology

Total return, 1 year +17.9% +27.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (SPY)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +13.5 pts vs SPY

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.9%

Holdings 4088 76

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $27.3bn $125.0bn

AVEM and XLK 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.

XLK

XLK tracks an index of Technology. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. 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 76 positions, with the top ten at 64.6%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or XLK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and XLK +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or XLK?: XLK 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 XLK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 100% of XLK 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 ↗

XLK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLK 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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