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ETF comparison

AVES vs EWT

Both International Emerging.

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
13.3 %

46 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVES and EWT would leave roughly 13.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AVES unmatched 86.9% Shared 13.3% EWT unmatched 86.3%

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.

In AVES only
1,836 positions
Shared
46 positions
In EWT only
38 positions

Side by side

AVES

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF

Avantis · International Emerging

71 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.36%
Net assets
$1.56B
TTM yield
3.61%
Top-10 conc.
12.3%
EWT

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

iShares · International Emerging

63 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.59%
Net assets
$12.34B
TTM yield
2.68%
Top-10 conc.
51.5%

Sub-score comparison

64
Cost
41
73
Tax efficiency
75
65
Liquidity
100
97
Concentration
41
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Tracking quality
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AVES sub-score EWT

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

AVES is 23 bps cheaper than EWT. On a $100,000 position that's about $230/yr more in fees for EWT.

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 AVES vs EWT.

Top shared holdings

46 shared in total
# Holding In AVES In EWT Overlap
1 Unimicron Technology Corp 1.18% 2.72% 1.18%
2 Innolux Corp 1.29% 1.12% 1.12%
3 CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd 1.00% 1.46% 1.00%
4 Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd 0.91% 1.35% 0.91%
5 Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd 0.91% 1.11% 0.91%
6 United Microelectronics Corp 0.77% 2.25% 0.77%
7 Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd 0.73% 1.11% 0.73%
8 Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd 0.71% 0.87% 0.71%
9 King Yuan Electronics Co Ltd 0.62% 0.64% 0.62%
10 Elite Material Co Ltd 0.55% 2.75% 0.55%
11 Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp 0.55% 0.58% 0.55%
12 TS Financial Holding Co Ltd 0.46% 0.96% 0.46%

Only in AVES

1,836 total
  • LG Electronics Inc 1.58%
  • ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 1.48%
  • LG Innotek Co Ltd 1.39%
  • Hyundai Motor Co 1.35%
  • Samsung E&A Co Ltd 1.02%
  • Vale SA 1.02%
  • Kia Corp 0.99%
  • Hana Financial Group Inc 0.93%
  • Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 0.73%
  • KB Financial Group Inc 0.72%

Only in EWT

38 total
  • Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 19.33%
  • MediaTek Inc. 7.55%
  • DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 5.64%
  • HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 4.09%
  • ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 2.86%
  • ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 2.20%
  • YAGEO CORPORATION 2.15%
  • Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd. 1.57%
  • CHROMA ATE INC. 1.52%
  • QUANTA COMPUTER INC. 1.30%

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/.

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.