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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVES returned +18.3% and JHEM +27.1%.

Which is cheaper, AVES or JHEM?

AVES is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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AVES vs JHEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

AVES and JHEM hold 22% of their weight in the same names, and JHEM returned +27.1% over the year. Net assets: $1.5bn on May 31, 2026 for Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF, and $1.0bn on Jun 30, 2026 for John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF.

AVES costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.8 points.

AVES vs JHEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
	AVES	JHEM
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.49%
Net assets, AVES as of May 31, 2026 and JHEM as of Jun 30, 2026	$1.5bn	$1.0bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.3%	+27.1%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	John Hancock Dimensional Emerging Markets Index
Holdings in common	22%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	10.9%	28.2%
Below its high	3.8%, high on Jun 15, 2026	4.8%, high on Jun 18, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+18.3%

AVES total return, 1 year

+27.1%

JHEM total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVES expense ratio

0.49%

JHEM expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVES and JHEM hold 22% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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22% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding AVES JHEM

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.83% 0.72%

ELITE MATERIAL CO LTD COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.59% 0.52%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LT COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.65% 0.52%

KIA CORP COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 0.71% 0.46%

MTN GROUP LTD COMMON STOCK ZAR.0001 0.42% 0.49%

TS FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LTD COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.75% 0.42%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING CO COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 1.25% 0.41%

CATHAY FINANCIAL HOLDING CO COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.91% 0.35%

STANDARD BANK GROUP LTD COMMON STOCK ZAR.1 0.39% 0.34%

LG ELECTRONICS INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 1.15% 0.33%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 1.13% 0.32%

SAUDI TELECOM CO COMMON STOCK SAR10.0 0.45% 0.29%

Only in AVES

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING ADR ADR 1.71%

INNOLUX CORP COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 1.17%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP INC ADR ADR 0.90%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP ADR ADR 0.90%

VALE SA SP ADR ADR 0.63%

SIGURD MICROELECTRONICS CORP COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.61%

EMAAR PROPERTIES PJSC COMMON STOCK AED1.0 0.49%

LG INNOTEK CO LTD COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 0.49%

Only in JHEM

SK hynix Inc. 7.71%

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 5.88%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 4.48%

MediaTek Inc. 2.38%

Tencent Holdings Limited 2.23%

Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.70%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. 1.07%

Yageo Corporation 0.99%

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On the same fields

AVES

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF

JHEM

John Hancock Multifactor Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis John Hancock

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +18.3% +27.1%

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.49%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1987 953

Net assets, AVES as of May 31, 2026 and JHEM as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.5bn $1.0bn

AVES and JHEM 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 JHEM

JHEM tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 953 positions, with the top ten at 28.2%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Jun 18, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVES or JHEM?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVES returned +18.3% and JHEM +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, AVES or JHEM?: AVES is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVES and JHEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVES and 0% of JHEM 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 ↗JHEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗JHEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗John Hancock 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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