Which returned more over the last year, AVES or EEM?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVES returned +18.3% and EEM +26.3%.

Which is cheaper, AVES or EEM?

AVES is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AVES and EEM overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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AVES vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

AVES and EEM hold 6% of their weight in the same names, and EEM returned +26.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.5bn on May 31, 2026 for Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF, and $31.0bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

AVES costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.0 points; EEM is far larger, $16.3bn against $536m.

AVES vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
	AVES	EEM
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.72%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$536m	$16.3bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.3%	+26.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Holdings in common	6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	10.9%	38.7%
Below its high	3.8%, high on Jun 15, 2026	6.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+18.3%

AVES total return, 1 year

+26.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVES expense ratio

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVES and EEM hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding AVES EEM

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING ADR ADR 1.71% 0.63%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP INC ADR ADR 0.90% 0.33%

GOLD FIELDS LTD SPONS ADR ADR 0.26% 0.27%

INFOSYS LTD SP ADR ADR 0.34% 0.26%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP ADR ADR 0.90% 0.25%

LARSEN + TOUBRO LTD COMMON STOCK INR2.0 0.30% 0.21%

ORLEN SA COMMON STOCK PLN1.25 0.41% 0.19%

STANDARD BANK GROUP LTD COMMON STOCK ZAR.1 0.39% 0.19%

NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT COMMON STOCK KWD.1 0.27% 0.18%

EMAAR PROPERTIES PJSC COMMON STOCK AED1.0 0.49% 0.16%

MTN GROUP LTD COMMON STOCK ZAR.0001 0.42% 0.16%

QATAR NATIONAL BANK COMMON STOCK QAR1.0 0.29% 0.15%

Only in AVES

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING CO COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 1.25%

INNOLUX CORP COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 1.17%

LG ELECTRONICS INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 1.15%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 1.13%

CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING CO COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.91%

ZHEN DING TECHNOLOGY HOLDING COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.91%

WOORI FINANCIAL GROUP INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 0.84%

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.83%

Only in EEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 15.92%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 7.38%

SK HYNIX 5.60%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.69%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.85%

MEDIATEK 1.71%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 0.97%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.94%

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On the same fields

AVES

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF

EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Emerging markets

Total return, 1 year +18.3% +26.3%

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.72%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1987 1189

Net assets, AVES as of May 31, 2026 and EEM as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.5bn $31.0bn

AVES and EEM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About AVES

AVES is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,987 positions, with the top ten at 10.9%. It sat 3.8% below its high of Jun 15, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

About EEM

EEM tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +26.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.72% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,189 positions, with the top ten at 38.7%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVES or EEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVES returned +18.3% and EEM +26.3%.
Which is cheaper, AVES or EEM?: AVES is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVES and EEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVES and 0% of EEM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

AVES filings on SEC EDGAR ↗AVES prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Avantis website ↗EEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EEM ↗

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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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