ETF comparison
AVEMvsEEM
Both International Emerging.
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
696 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVEM and EEM would leave roughly48.3%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.
Cost difference
AVEM is 39 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $390/yr more in fees for EEM.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with AVEM vs EEM.
Top shared holdings
696 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVEM | In EEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SK hynix Inc | 7.82% | 6.64% | 6.64% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 4.11% | 14.26% | 4.11% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 1.51% | 2.71% | 1.51% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc | 1.11% | 1.62% | 1.11% |
| 5 | China Construction Bank Corp | 0.88% | 0.81% | 0.81% |
| 6 | Delta Electronics Inc | 0.77% | 1.17% | 0.77% |
| 7 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 0.76% | 0.90% | 0.76% |
| 8 | Hyundai Motor Co | 0.70% | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| 9 | Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd | 0.48% | 0.62% | 0.48% |
| 10 | PDD Holdings Inc | 0.70% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 11 | HDFC Bank Ltd | 0.45% | 0.70% | 0.45% |
| 12 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd | 0.45% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
Only in AVEM
3,218 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd6.33%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd5.70%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd0.81%
- ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd0.65%
- Vale SA0.50%
- NetEase Inc0.49%
- Reliance Industries Ltd0.46%
- ICICI Bank Ltd0.43%
- KB Financial Group Inc0.38%
- Co-Tech Development Corp0.35%
Only in EEM
526 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.7.76%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited2.08%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.0.85%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED0.66%
- SK Square Co., Ltd.0.60%
- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd.0.50%
- VALE S.A.0.46%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.0.34%
- NETEASE, INC.0.33%
- INFOSYS LIMITED0.31%
Open AVEM or EEM at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodologyand funding disclosure.
Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.