ETF comparison
AVEM vs EWZ
Both International Emerging.
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF · iShares MSCI Brazil ETF
Holdings overlap
30 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVEM and EWZ would leave roughly 0.9% 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 26 bps cheaper than EWZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for EWZ.
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 EWZ.
Top shared holdings
30 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVEM | In EWZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XP Inc | 0.10% | 1.31% | 0.10% |
| 2 | PRIO SA/Brazil | 0.10% | 2.16% | 0.10% |
| 3 | Vibra Energia SA | 0.08% | 1.40% | 0.08% |
| 4 | WEG SA | 0.05% | 3.05% | 0.05% |
| 5 | Energisa S/A | 0.05% | 0.69% | 0.05% |
| 6 | Raia Drogasil SA | 0.05% | 1.07% | 0.05% |
| 7 | Banco BTG Pactual SA | 0.04% | 2.68% | 0.04% |
| 8 | Equatorial SA | 0.04% | 1.94% | 0.04% |
| 9 | Motiva Infraestrutura de Mobilidade SA | 0.04% | 0.67% | 0.04% |
| 10 | Banco do Brasil SA | 0.04% | 1.47% | 0.04% |
| 11 | BB Seguridade Participacoes SA | 0.03% | 1.07% | 0.03% |
| 12 | B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao | 0.03% | 3.57% | 0.03% |
Only in AVEM
3,883 total- SK hynix Inc 7.82%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.33%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.70%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.11%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.51%
- MediaTek Inc 1.11%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.88%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.81%
- Chroma ATE Inc 0.81%
- Delta Electronics Inc 0.77%
Only in EWZ
16 total- VALE S.A. 11.50%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 8.48%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 7.28%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 6.70%
- Banco Bradesco S.A. 3.33%
- AMBEV S.A. 3.19%
- Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - SABESP 2.87%
- AXIA Energia S.A. 2.64%
- ITAUSA S.A. 2.62%
- EMBRAER S.A. 2.15%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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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