ETF comparison
AVES vs FRDM
Both International Emerging.
Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF · Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
2 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVES and FRDM would leave roughly 0.3% 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.
Holdings data for FRDM covers 13.2% of fund weight. The remainder lacks matchable identifiers in the N-PORT filing.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
AVES is 13 bps cheaper than FRDM. On a $100,000 position that's about $130/yr more in fees for FRDM.
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 FRDM.
Top shared holdings
2 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVES | In FRDM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold Fields Ltd | 0.30% | 0.52% | 0.30% |
| 2 | Cia Cervecerias Unidas SA | 0.02% | 0.19% | 0.02% |
Only in AVES
1,880 total- LG Electronics Inc 1.58%
- ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 1.48%
- LG Innotek Co Ltd 1.39%
- Hyundai Motor Co 1.35%
- Innolux Corp 1.29%
- Unimicron Technology Corp 1.18%
- Samsung E&A Co Ltd 1.02%
- Vale SA 1.02%
- CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd 1.00%
- Kia Corp 0.99%
Only in FRDM
14 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 8.52%
- United Microelectronics Corp 1.43%
- Banco Bradesco SA 0.51%
- First American Government Obligations Fund 0.43%
- Grupo Mexico SAB de CV 0.42%
- Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV 0.38%
- Cia Sud Americana de Vapores SA 0.19%
- ARCA CONTINENTAL SAB DE CV 0.14%
- Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV 0.14%
- Industrias Penoles SAB de CV 0.09%
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- FRDM vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 0.0%
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- FRDM vs EEM · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 0.0%
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.