ETF comparison
AVEM vs EEM
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 roughly 48.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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.
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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
3,217 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.33%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.70%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.81%
- ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.65%
- Vale SA 0.50%
- NetEase Inc 0.49%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.46%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.43%
- KB Financial Group Inc 0.38%
- Co-Tech Development Corp 0.35%
Only in EEM
526 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.76%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 2.08%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.85%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.66%
- 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 LIMITED 0.31%
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- AVEM vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 42.7%
- AVEM vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 42.3%
- AVEM vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 41.0%
- AVEM vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 37.7%
More comparisons with EEM
- EEM vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 42.3%
- EEM vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 41.5%
- EEM vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 28.0%
- EEM vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 26.8%
- EEM vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 26.1%
- EEM vs EWY · iShares MSCI South Korea ETF 22.3%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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