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AVEM vs EEM

Both International Emerging.

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
46.5 %

708 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVEM and EEM would leave roughly 46.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AVEM only 53.8% Shared 46.5% EEM only 53.1%
In AVEM only
3,229 positions
Shared
708 positions
In EEM only
499 positions

Side by side

AVEM

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Avantis · International Emerging

79 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.33%
Net assets
$26.24B
TTM yield
1.91%
Top-10 conc.
23.9%
EEM

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

iShares · International Emerging

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.72%
Net assets
$30.32B
TTM yield
1.70%
Top-10 conc.
33.1%

Sub-score comparison

67
Cost
28
77
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
80
Concentration
67
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Tracking quality
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AVEM sub-score EEM

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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 the cost calculator pre-filled with AVEM vs EEM.

Top shared holdings

708 shared in total
# Holding In AVEM In EEM Overlap
1 SK hynix Inc 4.05% 3.45% 3.45%
2 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 2.54% 13.14% 2.54%
3 Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.99% 3.61% 1.99%
4 China Construction Bank Corp 1.04% 0.84% 0.84%
5 Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.75% 0.82% 0.75%
6 PDD Holdings Inc 0.94% 0.63% 0.63%
7 MediaTek Inc 0.60% 0.80% 0.60%
8 HDFC Bank Ltd 0.59% 0.93% 0.59%
9 Anglogold Ashanti Plc 0.66% 0.55% 0.55%
10 Delta Electronics Inc 0.54% 0.75% 0.54%
11 Hyundai Motor Co 0.78% 0.53% 0.53%
12 Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd 0.61% 0.50% 0.50%

Only in AVEM

3,229 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.47%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 4.21%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 1.14%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd 0.63%
  • Vale SA 0.57%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd 0.54%
  • ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.53%
  • NetEase Inc 0.50%
  • Gold Fields Ltd 0.45%
  • KB Financial Group Inc 0.44%

Only in EEM

499 total
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.07%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.66%
  • RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.80%
  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.70%
  • VALE S.A. 0.53%
  • Gold Fields Limited 0.45%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.43%
  • INFOSYS LIMITED 0.41%
  • SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.36%
  • ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.34%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

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