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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVES returned +18.3% and SCHE +12.6%.

Which is cheaper, AVES or SCHE?

SCHE is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

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AVES vs SCHE: Differences, Returns & Fees

AVES and SCHE hold 19% of their weight in the same names, and AVES returned +18.3% over the year. Net assets on May 31, 2026: $1.5bn for Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF and $12.7bn for Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF.

SCHE costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.7 points; SCHE is 8.7 times larger.

	AVES	SCHE
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.06%
Net assets, as of May 31, 2026	$1.5bn	$12.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+18.3%	+12.6%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Emerging Index
Holdings in common	19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	10.9%	30.3%
Below its high	3.8%, high on Jun 15, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+18.3%

AVES total return, 1 year

+12.6%

SCHE total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVES expense ratio

0.06%

SCHE expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVES and SCHE hold 19% 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 May 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding AVES SCHE

UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.83% 0.50%

ELITE MATERIAL CO LTD COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.59% 0.44%

CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING CO LT COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.65% 0.32%

GRUPO FINANCIERO BANORTE O COMMON STOCK MXN3.5 0.45% 0.28%

MAHINDRA + MAHINDRA LTD COMMON STOCK INR5.0 0.43% 0.28%

FUBON FINANCIAL HOLDING CO COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 1.25% 0.27%

LARSEN + TOUBRO LTD COMMON STOCK INR2.0 0.30% 0.27%

BAJAJ FINANCE LTD COMMON STOCK INR1.0 0.33% 0.25%

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

SAUDI TELECOM CO COMMON STOCK SAR10.0 0.45% 0.21%

Only in AVES

ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING ADR ADR 1.71%

LG ELECTRONICS INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 1.15%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 1.13%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP INC ADR ADR 0.90%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP ADR ADR 0.90%

WOORI FINANCIAL GROUP INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 0.84%

S OIL CORP COMMON STOCK KRW2500.0 0.72%

KIA CORP COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 0.71%

Only in SCHE

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 17.05%

Tencent Holdings Ltd 3.15%

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 2.57%

MediaTek Inc 1.88%

Delta Electronics Inc 1.40%

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 1.04%

Reliance Industries Ltd 0.88%

China Construction Bank Corp 0.88%

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On the same fields

AVES

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF

SCHE

Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis Schwab

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +18.3% +12.6%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +1.1 pts −4.7 pts

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1987 2178

Net assets, as of May 31, 2026 $1.5bn $12.7bn

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

AVES in plain words

AVES is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. 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.

SCHE in plain words

SCHE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,178 positions, with the top ten at 30.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVES or SCHE?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVES returned +18.3% and SCHE +12.6%.
Which is cheaper, AVES or SCHE?: SCHE is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVES and SCHE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVES and 0% of SCHE 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 ↗SCHE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab 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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