AVEM vs IEMG overlap - what they share and where they differ

AVEM and IEMG share 26.5% of their weight across 193 common positions, read from what each fund reported to the SEC.

Each week Ploutos reads the reported positions of the largest US equity ETFs and measures, pair by pair, the weight they share: for every stock both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights counts. Two funds tracking the same index land near 100%. A sector fund inside a broad index fund lands at roughly that sector's weight.

AVEM and IEMG

26.5%

193 shared positions

AVEM

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Reported positions cover 98% of the fund, 1,401 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 30.6%·Holdings of AVEM

IEMG

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Reported positions cover 97% of the fund, 1,755 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 34.6%·Holdings of IEMG

Reported positions cover AVEM 98%, IEMG 97% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

IEMG vs AVEM side by side

AVEMAvantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

1,401

stock positions reported to the SEC

65.2% of its weight is in 1,208 names IEMG does not hold

IEMGiShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

1,755

stock positions reported to the SEC

64.4% of its weight is in 1,562 names AVEM does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

AVEM
IEMG
shared with the other fundheld alonenot covered by the filing (cash, futures, bonds)

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
22.9%
22.6%
Financial Services
3.3%
2.7%
Consumer Cyclical
1.6%
1.4%
Basic Materials
1.4%
1.6%
Industrials
0.7%
0.0%
Energy
0.0%
0.6%

No sector differs by more than a point between the two.

The figures side by side

AVEMIEMG
Filing dateMay 31, 2026May 31, 2026
Stock positions reported1,4011,755
Weight of the ten largest30.6%34.6%
Largest positionTSM 10.4%TSM 12.5%
Held alone1,208 positions, 65.2%1,562 positions, 64.4%
Covered by stock positions98%97%

Holdings they share

StockIn AVEMIn IEMGCounted
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Co Ltd10.44%12.49%10.44%
SKHYSK hynix Inc7.82%5.82%5.82%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Ltd0.81%1.82%0.81%
RSReliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd0.47%0.59%0.47%
IBNICICI Bank Ltd0.46%0.48%0.46%
HDBHDFC Bank Ltd0.45%0.61%0.45%
ASXASE Technology Holding Co Ltd0.65%0.44%0.44%
UMCUnited Microelectronics Corp0.64%0.35%0.35%
AUAnglogold Ashanti Plc0.52%0.33%0.33%
NTESNetEase Inc0.49%0.29%0.29%

What each holds alone

The heaviest positions one fund reports and the other does not.

Only in AVEM

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD5.70%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD1.51%
MEDIATEK INC1.11%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP0.88%
CHROMA ATE INC0.81%
DELTA ELECTRONICS INC0.77%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO LTD0.76%
HYUNDAI MOTOR CO0.70%
PDDPDD Holdings Inc0.70%
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA - PETROBRAS0.65%

Only in IEMG

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.7.54%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED2.37%
MEDIATEK INC.1.42%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.1.02%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.0.79%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATION0.72%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTD0.54%
SK SQUARE CO., LTD.0.53%
PBRPetroleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras)0.50%
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY0.44%

Questions people ask

Is AVEM the same as IEMG?

26.5% of their weight sits in the same 193 holdings. AVEM also reports SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD, TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD, MEDIATEK INC, which the other does not. IEMG also reports SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITED, MEDIATEK INC., which the other does not.

How is the overlap between AVEM and IEMG measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 98% of AVEM and 97% of IEMG, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, IEMG or AVEM?

AVEM reports 1,401 stock positions and IEMG reports 1,755. 65.2% of AVEM's weight sits in names IEMG does not hold, and 64.4% of IEMG's weight in names AVEM does not hold. The ten largest positions are 30.6% of AVEM and 34.6% of IEMG.

How do AVEM and IEMG differ by sector?

No sector differs by more than a point between the two. Sectors come from each holding's SIC code in its SEC record, summed by the weight the fund reports.

Where do the numbers come from?

From each fund's own N-PORT filing to the SEC, which lists every position and its weight. The comparison uses every equity position the fund reports; cash, futures and bonds are not counted, which is why a coverage figure sits next to every result. Holdings change between filings.

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Descriptive data from public SEC filings. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any fund or stock, and holdings change between filings.