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

AVEM and VWO share 57.2% of their weight across 1,960 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 VWO

57.2%

1,960 shared positions

AVEM

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

Reported positions cover 100% of the fund, 3,503 positions · May 31, 2026

Top 10: 30.6%·Holdings of AVEM

VWO

VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS STOCK INDEX FUND

Reported positions cover 98% of the fund, 4,548 positions · Jul 31, 2026

Top 10: 27.5%·Holdings of VWO

Reported positions cover AVEM 100%, VWO 98% of each fund. An overlap cannot exceed the smaller coverage, so a low figure can mean little overlap or thin reporting.

VWO vs AVEM side by side

AVEMAvantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF

3,503

stock positions reported to the SEC

27.6% of its weight is in 1,543 names VWO does not hold

VWOVANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS STOCK INDEX FUND

4,548

stock positions reported to the SEC

10.4% of its weight is in 2,588 names AVEM does not hold

Where each fund's weight sits

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

Largest sectors for both funds

Technology
23.2%
22.3%
Financial Services
3.3%
2.9%
Consumer Cyclical
1.6%
2.1%
Basic Materials
1.7%
0.9%
Industrials
0.9%
0.8%

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

The figures side by side

AVEMVWO
Filing dateMay 31, 2026Jul 31, 2026
Stock positions reported3,5034,548
Weight of the ten largest30.6%27.5%
Largest positionTSM 10.5%TSM 15.6%
Held alone1,543 positions, 27.6%2,588 positions, 10.4%
Covered by stock positions100%98%

Holdings they share

StockIn AVEMIn VWOCounted
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Co Ltd10.45%15.59%10.45%
TENCENT HOLDINGS LIMITEDTencent Holdings Ltd1.51%3.31%1.51%
MEDIATEK INC.MediaTek Inc1.11%1.36%1.11%
CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORPORATIONChina Construction Bank Corp0.88%0.92%0.88%
BABAAlibaba Group Holding Ltd0.81%2.41%0.81%
DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Delta Electronics Inc0.77%0.82%0.77%
HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd0.76%0.81%0.76%
PDDPDD Holdings Inc0.70%0.59%0.59%
ASXASE Technology Holding Co Ltd0.65%0.49%0.49%
RSReliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd0.48%0.81%0.48%

What each holds alone

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

Only in AVEM

SKHYSK hynix Inc7.83%
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Samsung Electronics Co Ltd5.70%
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYHyundai Motor Co0.70%
PBRPetroleo Brasileiro SA - Petrobras0.65%
SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO.,LTDSamsung Electro-Mechanics Co Ltd0.48%
KBKB Financial Group Inc0.38%
LG ELECTRONICS INC.LG Electronics Inc0.38%
KIA CORP0.34%
SHGShinhan Financial Group Co Ltd0.34%
HANA FINANCIAL GROUP INC0.33%

Only in VWO

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA0.32%
KWEICHOW MOUTAI CO., LTD.Kweichow Moutai Co Ltd0.13%
ZOMATO LTD0.13%
HUA HONG GRACE SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITEDHua Hong Grace Semiconductor Ltd0.11%
PHARMAESSENTIA CORP0.09%
ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT CO LTD0.09%
ITC LIMITEDITC Ltd0.08%
LTMLatam Airlines Group SA0.08%
BANCA TRANSILVANIA SA0.07%
GUOTAI JUNAN SECURITIES CO LTD0.07%

Questions people ask

Is AVEM the same as VWO?

57.2% of their weight sits in the same 1,960 holdings. AVEM also reports SKHY, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, which the other does not. VWO also reports PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA, KWEICHOW MOUTAI CO., LTD., ZOMATO LTD, which the other does not.

How is the overlap between AVEM and VWO measured?

For every stock both funds report, the smaller of the two weights counts, and the sum is the overlap. The reported positions cover 100% of AVEM and 98% of VWO, so the number cannot exceed the smaller coverage.

Which holds more, VWO or AVEM?

AVEM reports 3,503 stock positions and VWO reports 4,548. 27.6% of AVEM's weight sits in names VWO does not hold, and 10.4% of VWO's weight in names AVEM does not hold. The ten largest positions are 30.6% of AVEM and 27.5% of VWO.

How do AVEM and VWO 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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