ETF comparison
AVEM vs EEM
Both International Emerging.
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
682 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVEM and EEM would leave roughly 49.8% 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
AVEM is 39 bps cheaper than EEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $390/yr more in fees for EEM.
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Top shared holdings
682 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVEM | In EEM | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 5.72% | 15.03% | 5.72% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc | 5.57% | 5.42% | 5.42% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 1.64% | 2.87% | 1.64% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc | 0.94% | 1.45% | 0.94% |
| 5 | China Construction Bank Corp | 0.92% | 0.83% | 0.83% |
| 6 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 0.66% | 0.78% | 0.66% |
| 7 | Delta Electronics Inc | 0.54% | 0.92% | 0.54% |
| 8 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd | 0.51% | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 9 | Anglogold Ashanti Plc | 0.49% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 10 | HDFC Bank Ltd | 0.43% | 0.70% | 0.43% |
| 11 | Bank of China Ltd | 0.55% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 12 | PDD Holdings Inc | 0.49% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
Only in AVEM
3,305 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.18%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.14%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.75%
- ASE Technology Holding Co Ltd 0.51%
- KB Financial Group Inc 0.50%
- ICICI Bank Ltd 0.50%
- NetEase Inc 0.49%
- Vale SA 0.45%
- Shinhan Financial Group Co Ltd 0.44%
- Reliance Industries Ltd 0.43%
Only in EEM
511 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 7.16%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.94%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.89%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.66%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.56%
- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.50%
- VALE S.A. 0.43%
- KB Financial Group Inc. 0.36%
- NETEASE, INC. 0.35%
- Gold Fields Limited 0.34%
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- AVEM vs AAXJ · iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF 42.7%
- AVEM vs EMXC · iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF 42.1%
- AVEM vs AVES · Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF 37.6%
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- EEM vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 42.8%
- EEM vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 41.9%
- EEM vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 28.0%
- EEM vs EWT · iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF 27.3%
- EEM vs VXUS · Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares 26.8%
- EEM vs MCHI · iShares MSCI China ETF 20.5%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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