ETF comparison
AVES vs VEA
International Emerging vs International Developed.
Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF · Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
170 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVES and VEA would leave roughly 1.3% 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
VEA is 33 bps cheaper than AVES. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/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 VEA.
Top shared holdings
170 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVES | In VEA | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hyundai Motor Co | 1.35% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 2 | Kia Corp | 0.99% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 3 | Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd | 0.48% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 4 | Hana Financial Group Inc | 0.93% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 5 | Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA | 0.39% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| 6 | SK Inc | 0.05% | 0.06% | 0.05% |
| 7 | LG Electronics Inc | 1.58% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 8 | Woori Financial Group Inc | 0.65% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 9 | HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd | 0.30% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 10 | Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co Ltd | 0.20% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
| 11 | HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co Ltd | 0.43% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| 12 | LG Innotek Co Ltd | 1.39% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
Only in AVES
1,712 total- ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 1.48%
- Innolux Corp 1.29%
- Unimicron Technology Corp 1.18%
- Vale SA 1.02%
- CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd 1.00%
- Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd 0.91%
- Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd 0.91%
- United Microelectronics Corp 0.77%
- Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 0.73%
- Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd 0.73%
Only in VEA
3,692 total- ASML Holding NV 2.36%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.61%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.55%
- SK hynix Inc 1.39%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 1.00%
- Novartis AG 0.90%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
- Roche Holding AG 0.89%
- AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
- Nestle SA 0.82%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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