ETF comparison
AVES vs VXUS
International Emerging vs International Total.
Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1,178 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVES and VXUS would leave roughly 6.8% 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
VXUS is 31 bps cheaper than AVES. On a $100,000 position that's about $310/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 VXUS.
Top shared holdings
1,178 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVES | In VXUS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Microelectronics Corp | 0.77% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 2 | Elite Material Co Ltd | 0.55% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 3 | Hyundai Motor Co | 1.35% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 4 | CTBC Financial Holding Co Ltd | 1.00% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 5 | OTP Bank Nyrt | 0.16% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 6 | Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV | 0.52% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 7 | Fubon Financial Holding Co Ltd | 0.91% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 8 | Bajaj Finance Ltd | 0.23% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 9 | Kuwait Finance House KSCP | 0.23% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 10 | Unimicron Technology Corp | 1.18% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 11 | Cathay Financial Holding Co Ltd | 0.73% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 12 | Larsen & Toubro Ltd | 0.22% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
Only in AVES
704 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%
- XP Inc 0.30%
- Advanced Info Service PCL 0.26%
Only in VXUS
7,558 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 4.10%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.83%
- ASML Holding NV 1.45%
- SK hynix Inc 1.43%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.87%
- HSBC Holdings PLC 0.83%
- Roche Holding AG 0.70%
- Royal Bank of Canada 0.67%
- Novartis AG 0.66%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.63%
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- VXUS vs EWC · iShares MSCI Canada ETF 6.4%
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- VXUS vs SCHC · Schwab International Small-Cap Equity ETF 5.6%
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- VXUS vs EPP · iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF 4.8%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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