Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or IEMG?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and IEMG +15.3%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or IEMG?

IEMG is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AVUV and IEMG overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVUV vs IEMG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% to IEMG's +15.3%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $32.1bn for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF and $150.4bn for iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

+15.3%

IEMG total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

0.09%

IEMG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEMG costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.8 points; IEMG is 4.7 times larger.

AVUV vs IEMG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	IEMG
Return
Measure	AVUV	IEMG
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	+15.3%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	IEMG
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026	10.1%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	IEMG
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI)
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	IEMG
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$32.1bn	$150.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	IEMG
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.9%	32.7%

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

Risk and return

Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026 · 368 weekly returns

AVUV IEMG

Return

Total return edge AVUV +180.4% +87.4%

Annualized edge AVUV +15.7% +9.3%

Price return edge AVUV +150.6% +53.9%

Risk

Volatility edge IEMG 27.5% 19.4%

Max drawdown edge IEMG −48.5% −36.5%

Downside capture 100.1% 97.1%

Beta 1.04 0.96

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVUV 0.56 0.41

Sortino edge AVUV 0.82 0.57

Treynor 0.148 0.057

Calmar edge AVUV 0.32 0.25

Against the benchmark

Alpha +4.3% a year +0.7% a year

Alpha t-stat 1.91 2.17

Information ratio 0.79 0.38

Tracking error 6.1% 1.4%

Each against its own benchmark: AVUV against IWN, Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026; IEMG against EEM, Nov 2, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

AVUV returned more: +180.4% to +87.4%. IEMG swung less: 19.4% to 27.5%. IEMG fell less at its worst: −36.5% to −48.5%.

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Risk and return: AVUV vs IEMG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	IEMG	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+180.4%	+87.4%	AVUV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.7%	+9.3%	AVUV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+150.6%	+53.9%	AVUV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	27.5%	19.4%	IEMG	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	18.9%	13.9%	IEMG	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−48.5%	−36.5%	IEMG	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	111.7%	94.6%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	100.1%	97.1%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.04	0.96	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.95	1.00	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.56	0.41	AVUV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.82	0.57	AVUV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.148	0.057		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.32	0.25	AVUV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IWN	EEM		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+4.3% a year	+0.7% a year	AVUV not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	1.91	2.17	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−0.1% to +8.7%	+0.1% to +1.4%	AVUV includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.79	0.38		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	6.1%	1.4%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 368 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVUV and IEMG hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVUV IEMG

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.13% 0.09%

FIRST FINANCIAL CORP COMMON STOCK 0.09% 0.11%

SLM CORP COMMON STOCK USD.2 0.35% 0.07%

PILGRIM S PRIDE CORP COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.04% 0.05%

VALARIS LTD COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.04% 0.14%

RPC INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 0.07% 0.02%

ASSOCIATED BANC CORP COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.42% 0.01%

MERITAGE HOMES CORP COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.06% 0.01%

ORION SA COMMON STOCK 0.06% 0.01%

SM ENERGY CO COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.83% 0.01%

ALAMO GROUP INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 0.08% 0.00%

ALERUS FINANCIAL CORP COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.02% 0.00%

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MATSON INC COMMON STOCK 0.99%

GATX CORP COMMON STOCK USD.625 0.89%

ABERCROMBIE + FITCH CO CL A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.79%

LYFT INC A COMMON STOCK USD.00001 0.77%

MACY S INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.77%

MURPHY OIL CORP COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.73%

SKYWEST INC COMMON STOCK 0.73%

VIASAT INC COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.72%

Only in IEMG

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 14.03%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.05%

SK HYNIX 4.31%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.32%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.60%

MEDIATEK 1.36%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.83%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.80%

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Side by side

AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets

Total return, 1 year +25.1% +15.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +21.1% (IWN) +16.3% (EEM)

Gap to its benchmark +4.0 pts vs IWN −1.0 pts vs EEM

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 791 2857

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $32.1bn $150.4bn

AVUV and IEMG on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-F86A156751

AVUV and IEMG do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. AVUV follows No index, actively managed and IEMG follows MSCI Emerging Markets Investable Market Index (IMI).
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AVUV returned +25.1% and IEMG +15.3% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 9.8 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

AVUV

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.1% with distributions reinvested, against +21.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value.

AVUV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% 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 791 positions, with the top ten at 7.9%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

IEMG

IEMG tracks the MSCI Emerging Markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% 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 2,857 positions, with the top ten at 32.7%. It sat 10.1% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or IEMG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and IEMG +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or IEMG?: IEMG is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVUV and IEMG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVUV and 0% of IEMG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

IEMG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEMG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEMG ↗

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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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