ETF comparison

AVEMvsVWO

Both International Emerging.

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF · Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
44.0%

1,996 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVEM and VWO would leave roughly44.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AVEM only 56.0%Shared 44.0%VWO only 51.1%
In AVEM only
1,918 positions
Shared
1,996 positions
In VWO only
2,994 positions

Side by side

AVEM

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Avantis · International Emerging

78composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.33%
Net assets
$28.05B
TTM yield
2.55%
Top-10 conc.
29.8%
VWO

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Emerging

89composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$168.36B
TTM yield
2.31%
Top-10 conc.
29.5%

Sub-score comparison

67
Cost
94
75
Tax efficiency
76
100
Liquidity
100
72
Concentration
72
Tracking quality
AVEMsub-scoreVWO

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

VWO is 27 bps cheaper than AVEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with AVEM vs VWO.

Top shared holdings

1,996 shared in total
#HoldingIn AVEMIn VWOOverlap
1Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd4.11%14.61%4.11%
2Tencent Holdings Ltd1.51%3.26%1.51%
3MediaTek Inc1.11%1.06%1.06%
4China Construction Bank Corp0.88%0.85%0.85%
5Delta Electronics Inc0.77%1.17%0.77%
6Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd0.76%0.74%0.74%
7PDD Holdings Inc0.70%0.66%0.66%
8Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd0.49%0.46%0.46%
9HDFC Bank Ltd0.45%0.80%0.45%
10Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd0.45%0.62%0.45%
11Anglogold Ashanti Plc0.45%0.40%0.40%
12Bank of China Ltd0.49%0.38%0.38%

Only in AVEM

1,918 total
  • SK hynix Inc7.82%
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd6.33%
  • Samsung Electronics Co Ltd5.70%
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd0.81%
  • Hyundai Motor Co0.70%
  • Vale SA0.50%
  • NetEase Inc0.49%
  • Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd0.48%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd0.46%
  • ICICI Bank Ltd0.43%

Only in VWO

2,994 total
  • Alibaba Group Holding Ltd2.55%
  • Reliance Industries Ltd0.90%
  • Vale SA0.51%
  • ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd0.44%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA0.38%
  • Infosys Ltd0.38%
  • NetEase Inc0.37%
  • Petroleo Brasileiro SA0.36%
  • Itau Unibanco Holding SA0.35%
  • Gold Fields Ltd0.33%

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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/.

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.