ETF comparison
AVES vs KSA
Both International Emerging.
Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF · iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia ETF
Holdings overlap
35 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVES and KSA would leave roughly 2.0% 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
AVES is 39 bps cheaper than KSA. On a $100,000 position that's about $390/yr more in fees for KSA.
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 KSA.
Top shared holdings
35 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVES | In KSA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saudi Telecom Co | 0.26% | 5.35% | 0.26% |
| 2 | Alinma Bank | 0.26% | 2.78% | 0.26% |
| 3 | Riyad Bank | 0.23% | 3.12% | 0.23% |
| 4 | Etihad Etisalat Co | 0.23% | 1.89% | 0.23% |
| 5 | Saudi Awwal Bank | 0.15% | 2.69% | 0.15% |
| 6 | Almarai Co JSC | 0.13% | 1.75% | 0.13% |
| 7 | Arab National Bank | 0.11% | 1.51% | 0.11% |
| 8 | Banque Saudi Fransi | 0.11% | 1.85% | 0.11% |
| 9 | Mobile Telecommunications Co Saudi Arabia | 0.06% | 0.39% | 0.06% |
| 10 | East Pipes Integrated Co for Industry | 0.05% | 0.28% | 0.05% |
| 11 | Jabal Omar Development Co | 0.05% | 0.70% | 0.05% |
| 12 | Savola Group/The | 0.04% | 0.37% | 0.04% |
Only in AVES
1,847 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 KSA
82 total- AL RAJHI BANKING AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION SJSC 13.87%
- Saudi Arabian Oil Company 11.44%
- The Saudi National Bank SJSC 8.15%
- Saudi Arabian Mining Company SJSC 4.60%
- Saudi Basic Industries Corporation SJSC 3.29%
- ACWA POWER Company SJSC 2.67%
- SABIC Agri-Nutrients Company SJSC 1.90%
- Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group Company SJSC 1.50%
- ELM COMPANY SJSC 1.30%
- Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Company SJSC 1.13%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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