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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and XRT +2.4%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or XRT?

AVEM is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 22% of XRT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVEM vs XRT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to XRT's +2.4%; 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 $362m for State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+2.4%

XRT total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.35%

XRT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVEM costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.5 points; AVEM is far larger, $27.3bn against $362m.

AVEM vs XRT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	XRT
Return
Measure	AVEM	XRT
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+2.4%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	XRT
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	9.9%, high on Nov 16, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	XRT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Retail Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	XRT
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.3bn	$362m
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	XRT
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%	16.6%

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

What they share

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

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 XRT

KOHLS CORP 1.85%

MAPLEBEAR INC 1.76%

BATH + BODY WORKS INC 1.69%

ETSY INC 1.68%

VICTORIA S SECRET + CO 1.66%

BJ S WHOLESALE CLUB HOLDINGS 1.62%

GAMESTOP CORP CLASS A 1.60%

OLLIE S BARGAIN OUTLET HOLDI 1.60%

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Side by side

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF XRT State Street SPDR S&P Retail ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Retail

Total return, 1 year +17.9% +2.4%

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 22.5%

Holdings 4088 74

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $27.3bn $362m

AVEM and XRT 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.

XRT

XRT tracks the S&P Retail. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 22% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 74 positions, with the top ten at 16.6%. It sat 9.9% below its high of Nov 16, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or XRT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and XRT +2.4%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or XRT?: AVEM is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and XRT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 22% of XRT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

XRT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XRT 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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