ETF comparison
AVEM vs IEMG
Both International Emerging.
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF · iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF
Holdings overlap
2,025 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVEM and IEMG would leave roughly 54.1% 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
IEMG is 24 bps cheaper than AVEM. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/yr more in fees for AVEM.
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 IEMG.
Top shared holdings
2,025 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVEM | In IEMG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd | 5.72% | 13.17% | 5.72% |
| 2 | SK hynix Inc | 5.57% | 4.76% | 4.76% |
| 3 | Tencent Holdings Ltd | 1.64% | 2.52% | 1.64% |
| 4 | MediaTek Inc | 0.94% | 1.27% | 0.94% |
| 5 | China Construction Bank Corp | 0.92% | 0.73% | 0.73% |
| 6 | Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd | 0.66% | 0.68% | 0.66% |
| 7 | Delta Electronics Inc | 0.54% | 0.80% | 0.54% |
| 8 | Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd | 0.51% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 9 | HDFC Bank Ltd | 0.43% | 0.60% | 0.43% |
| 10 | Anglogold Ashanti Plc | 0.49% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 11 | Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd | 0.36% | 0.42% | 0.36% |
| 12 | Bank of China Ltd | 0.55% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
Only in AVEM
1,962 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 IEMG
876 total- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 6.28%
- Alibaba Group Holding Limited 1.70%
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 0.77%
- RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED 0.57%
- SK Square Co., Ltd. 0.49%
- ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. 0.44%
- VALE S.A. 0.38%
- KB Financial Group Inc. 0.31%
- NETEASE, INC. 0.30%
- Gold Fields Limited 0.30%
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- AVEM vs SPEM · State Street SPDR Portfolio Emerging Markets ETF 45.3%
- AVEM vs SCHE · Schwab Emerging Markets Equity ETF 45.3%
- 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%
More comparisons with IEMG
- IEMG vs PXH · Invesco RAFI Emerging Markets ETF 39.8%
- IEMG vs FNDE · Schwab Fundamental Emerging Markets Equity ETF 38.8%
- IEMG vs VSGX · Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF 34.2%
- IEMG vs ACWX · iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF 32.0%
- IEMG vs IXUS · iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF 31.4%
- IEMG vs VEU · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund ETF Shares 30.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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