ETF comparison
AVEM vs EWZ
Both International Emerging.
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF · iShares MSCI Brazil ETF
Holdings overlap
30 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVEM and EWZ would leave roughly 1.0% 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
AVEM is 26 bps cheaper than EWZ. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/yr more in fees for EWZ.
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 AVEM vs EWZ.
Top shared holdings
30 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVEM | In EWZ | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vibra Energia SA | 0.13% | 1.55% | 0.13% |
| 2 | XP Inc | 0.12% | 1.41% | 0.12% |
| 3 | PRIO SA/Brazil | 0.10% | 2.07% | 0.10% |
| 4 | WEG SA | 0.06% | 3.30% | 0.06% |
| 5 | BB Seguridade Participacoes SA | 0.05% | 1.17% | 0.05% |
| 6 | Energisa S/A | 0.05% | 0.66% | 0.05% |
| 7 | Raia Drogasil SA | 0.05% | 1.07% | 0.05% |
| 8 | Motiva Infraestrutura de Mobilidade SA | 0.04% | 0.70% | 0.04% |
| 9 | Rumo SA | 0.04% | 0.81% | 0.04% |
| 10 | Banco BTG Pactual SA | 0.04% | 2.60% | 0.04% |
| 11 | Banco do Brasil SA | 0.03% | 1.43% | 0.03% |
| 12 | Equatorial SA | 0.03% | 1.76% | 0.03% |
Only in AVEM
3,957 total- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 6.18%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 5.72%
- SK hynix Inc 5.57%
- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 5.14%
- Tencent Holdings Ltd 1.64%
- MediaTek Inc 0.94%
- China Construction Bank Corp 0.92%
- Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.75%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 0.66%
- LG Electronics Inc 0.65%
Only in EWZ
16 total- VALE S.A. 10.12%
- Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. 7.66%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 7.01%
- Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) 6.66%
- Banco Bradesco S.A. 3.59%
- AMBEV S.A. 2.81%
- EMBRAER S.A. 2.62%
- Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo - SABESP 2.47%
- ITAUSA S.A. 2.38%
- GERDAU S.A. 1.30%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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