ETF comparison
AVES vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
959 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVES and IEMG would leave roughly 20.3% 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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
IEMG is 27 bps cheaper than AVES. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/yr more in fees for AVES.
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 IEMG.
Top shared holdings
959 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVES | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyundai Motor Co | 1.35% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 2 | United Microelectronics Corp | 0.77% | 0.35% | 0.35% |
| 3 | Elite Material Co Ltd | 0.55% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 4 | Unimicron Technology Corp | 1.18% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 5 | CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd | 1.00% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 6 | Kuwait Finance House KSCP | 0.23% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 7 | Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd | 0.91% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 8 | Larsen & Toubro Ltd | 0.22% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 9 | Bajaj Finance Ltd | 0.23% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 10 | Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV | 0.52% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 11 | Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd | 0.48% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 12 | Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd | 0.73% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
Only in AVES
923 total- ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 1.48%
- Vale SA 1.02%
- Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 0.73%
- KB Financial Group Inc 0.72%
- NetEase Inc 0.39%
- Infosys Ltd 0.39%
- SK Telecom Co Ltd 0.37%
- Gold Fields Ltd 0.30%
- Sibanye Stillwater Ltd 0.20%
- Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB de CV 0.20%
Only in IEMG
1,708 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 12.49%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.80%
- SK hynix Inc. 5.82%
- Tencent Holdings Limited 2.37%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.82%
- MediaTek Inc. 1.42%
- DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC. 1.02%
- HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 0.79%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.74%
- CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION 0.71%
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- AVES vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 19.5%
- AVES vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 19.3%
- AVES vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 17.7%
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- IEMG vs VT · Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 11.5%
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- IEMG vs FXI · iShares China Large-Cap ETF 10.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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