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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVES returned +18.3% and EMXC +47.3%.

Which is cheaper, AVES or EMXC?

EMXC is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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AVES vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees

AVES and EMXC hold 7% of their weight in the same names, and EMXC returned +47.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.5bn on May 31, 2026 for Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF, and $25.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF.

EMXC costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 29.0 points; EMXC is far larger, $15.0bn against $536m.

AVES vs EMXC: Differences, Returns & Fees
	AVES	EMXC
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Feb 28, 2025	$536m	$15.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.3%	+47.3%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index
Holdings in common	7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	10.9%	43.8%
Below its high	3.8%, high on Jun 15, 2026	7.0%, 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

+47.3%

EMXC total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVES expense ratio

0.25%

EMXC expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVES and EMXC hold 7% 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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7% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding AVES EMXC

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING ADR ADR 1.71% 0.78%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP INC ADR ADR 0.90% 0.41%

INFOSYS LTD SP ADR ADR 0.34% 0.32%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP ADR ADR 0.90% 0.31%

GOLD FIELDS LTD SPONS ADR ADR 0.26% 0.33%

LARSEN + TOUBRO LTD COMMON STOCK INR2.0 0.30% 0.26%

ORLEN SA COMMON STOCK PLN1.25 0.41% 0.24%

STANDARD BANK GROUP LTD COMMON STOCK ZAR.1 0.39% 0.23%

NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT COMMON STOCK KWD.1 0.27% 0.22%

MTN GROUP LTD COMMON STOCK ZAR.0001 0.42% 0.20%

EMAAR PROPERTIES PJSC COMMON STOCK AED1.0 0.49% 0.19%

QATAR NATIONAL BANK COMMON STOCK QAR1.0 0.29% 0.19%

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 EMXC

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 19.81%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 9.19%

SK HYNIX 6.96%

MEDIATEK 2.13%

DELTA ELECTRONICS 1.21%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 1.17%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY 0.96%

HDFC BANK 0.83%

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On the same fields

AVES

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF

EMXC

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China

Total return, 1 year +18.3% +47.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not published +50.0% (KEMX)

Gap to its benchmark not available −2.7 pts vs KEMX

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1987 613

Net assets, AVES as of May 31, 2026 and EMXC as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.5bn $25.8bn

AVES and EMXC 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 EMXC

EMXC tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +47.3% with distributions reinvested, against +50.0% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% 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 613 positions, with the top ten at 43.8%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVES or EMXC?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVES returned +18.3% and EMXC +47.3%.
Which is cheaper, AVES or EMXC?: EMXC is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVES and EMXC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVES and 0% of EMXC 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 ↗EMXC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗EMXC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for EMXC ↗

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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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