ETF comparison
AVEM vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
1,919 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVEM and IEMG would leave roughly 52.4% 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
IEMG is 24 bps cheaper than AVEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/yr more in fees for AVEM.
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 IEMG.
Top shared holdings
1,919 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVEM | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SK hynix Inc | 7.82% | 5.82% | 5.82% |
| 2 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 4.11% | 12.49% | 4.11% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 1.51% | 2.37% | 1.51% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc | 1.11% | 1.42% | 1.11% |
| 5 | Delta Electronics Inc | 0.77% | 1.02% | 0.77% |
| 6 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 0.76% | 0.79% | 0.76% |
| 7 | China Construction Bank Corp | 0.88% | 0.71% | 0.71% |
| 8 | Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd | 0.48% | 0.54% | 0.48% |
| 9 | HDFC Bank Ltd | 0.45% | 0.61% | 0.45% |
| 10 | Hyundai Motor Co | 0.70% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 11 | PDD Holdings Inc | 0.70% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 12 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd | 0.45% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
Only in AVEM
1,994 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 IEMG
748 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.80%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.82%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.74%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.58%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.53%
- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.44%
- VALE S.A. 0.41%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 0.29%
- NETEASE, INC. 0.29%
- INFOSYS LIMITED 0.27%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with AVEM
- AVEM vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 48.3%
- AVEM vs VWO · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares 43.6%
- AVEM vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 42.9%
- 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%
More comparisons with IEMG
- IEMG vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 39.3%
- IEMG vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 38.4%
- IEMG vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 35.2%
- IEMG vs ACWX · iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 31.8%
- IEMG vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 31.3%
- IEMG vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 30.5%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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