Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF (AVEM)

NYSEARCA: AVEM · Real-Time Price · USD
88.70
-0.15 (-0.17%)
Feb 27, 2026, 4:00 PM EST - Market closed
-0.17%
Assets $21.91B
Expense Ratio 0.33%
PE Ratio 14.97
Shares Out 245.50M
Dividend (ttm) $1.89
Dividend Yield 2.13%
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 16, 2025
Payout Ratio 31.86%
1-Year Return +44.60%
Volume 1,218,775
Open 88.24
Previous Close 88.85
Day's Range 88.11 - 88.85
52-Week Low 52.52
52-Week High 89.75
Beta 0.65
Holdings 3956
Inception Date Sep 17, 2019

About AVEM

Fund Home Page

The Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF (AVEM) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an actively managed fund that holds emerging-market stocks of all market capitalizations considered favorable on multiple factors. The fund seeks to provide capital appreciation. AVEM was launched on Sep 17, 2019 and is issued by American Century Investments.

Asset Class Equity
Category Diversified Emerging Mkts
Region Global
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol AVEM

Top 10 Holdings

23.77% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited TSM 6.43%
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd DR SSU.DE 4.17%
SK hynix Inc. 000660 4.09%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 2330 2.52%
Tencent Holdings Limited 0700 1.96%
Alibaba Group Holding Limited BABA 1.16%
China Construction Bank Corporation CICHF 1.03%
PDD Holdings Inc. PDD 0.94%
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. 2317 0.74%
AngloGold Ashanti plc AU 0.74%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 16, 2025 $1.1649 Dec 18, 2025
Jun 24, 2025 $0.7224 Jun 26, 2025
Dec 17, 2024 $1.2961 Dec 19, 2024
Jun 24, 2024 $0.5694 Jun 26, 2024
Dec 18, 2023 $1.141 Dec 21, 2023
Jun 20, 2023 $0.5818 Jun 23, 2023
Full Dividend History

News

Why Emerging Markets Equities Continue to Pull in Huge Inflows

Emerging markets equities investing continues to be a top theme. Following a standout year in 2025, investors have flooded ex-U.S. equities with dollars, setting records for inflows in January.

1 day ago - ETF Trends

From Tactical to Essential: Japan Anchors Intl' Equity Comeback

International equities had a strong 2025, largely anchored on a focus on valuations. Now, as the opportunity broadens out and finds fundamental support, appetite for exposure to international equities...

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5 weeks ago - ETF Trends

Emerging Markets ETFs to Take the Crown Again?

Even the tidal wave of tariffs wasn't enough to hold back the rally in global equities last year. As it turns out, emerging markets were the single best-performing major regional indices in 2025.

Other symbols: EDOGGEMIEMGVWO
5 weeks ago - ETF Trends

Emerging Markets ETFs to Take the Crown Again

Even the tidal wave of tariffs wasn't enough to hold back the rally in global equities last year. As it turns out, emerging markets were the single best-performing major regional indices in 2025.

Other symbols: EDOGGEMIEMGVWO
5 weeks ago - ETF Trends

Emerging Markets: The Next Phase In Market-Broadening

At the same time developed markets have been generating policy and macro noise, emerging markets have been quietly outperforming. The inextricable relationship between the direction of U.S. monetary p...

5 weeks ago - Seeking Alpha

Emerging Markets ETF AVEM Up $100 Million to Start 2026

Foreign equities stood out in investor portfolios last year, diversifying portfolios away from U.S. megacap tech and adding strong returns at the same time. That momentum appears to be continuing into...

7 weeks ago - ETF Trends

Some ETFs compete on price — but fees shouldn't always 'drive the investment decision,' analyst says

The average expense ratio for passively managed exchange-traded funds is 0.14%, and for actively managed ETFs, it's 0.44%, according to Morningstar Direct. While low fees are important because the cos...

Other symbols: VWO
2 months ago - CNBC

The Big Squeeze: EM Mega Caps Up, Breadth Down

Emerging markets equity returns have been driven by extreme mega-cap concentration, with index breadth collapsing to historic lows and masking weakness across much of the opportunity set. This concent...

2 months ago - Seeking Alpha

AVEM: Emerging Markets Equities Are Hot

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF (AVEM) has surged over 30% YTD, long term outperforming peers like EEM with superior total returns and narrower drawdowns. AVEM actively overweights technology and ...

2 months ago - Seeking Alpha

AVEM: A Better Way Of Accessing Emerging Markets

Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF offers broad exposure to emerging markets with a smart beta strategy, focusing on undervalued stocks and profitability for long-term growth. The fund's low expense ...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

Something's happening abroad that hasn't in a long time

Something's happening abroad that hasn't in a long time.

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1 year ago - CNBC Television

Emerging Markets Growth Remains Solid Amid Intensifying Inflationary Pressures

Emerging markets continued to expand at a solid pace midway into the first quarter of 2024, supported by broad-based expansion across both manufacturing and service sectors.

2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

AVEM: An EM Fund Investing In Lucrative Segments Of High-Growth Markets

Avantis® Emerging Markets Equity ETF strategically invests in China, Taiwan, India and South Korea; with strategic allocation in specific high-growth sectors of each of these markets. As the U.S. has ...

2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

Emerging Markets Funds See Top 10 Weekly Outflow On Record

Emerging Markets Funds are made up of funds that seek long-term capital appreciation. Nigeria and Emerging Markets Europe have been the two areas that have seen the highest year-to-date and May return...

2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

AVEM: Emerging Markets Stepping Up As The United States Continues To Fight Inflation

AVEM consists of stocks within emerging markets located in countries like China, Taiwan, and India. Many emerging countries initiated rate-hiking cycles before the United States and therefore may be b...

3 years ago - Seeking Alpha

AVANTIS REACHES THREE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY, CONTINUES TO EXPAND OFFERING

KANSAS CITY, Mo. , Sept. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Avantis Investors ®, an investment offering from global asset manager American Century Investments®, reached the three-year anniversary of ...

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3 years ago - PRNewsWire

Navigating Emerging Markets During Uncertain Times: This Too Shall Pass

Price swings have been dramatic. For example, we've seen 8 +/- 4% absolute moves in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index in the last two weeks of March.

6 years ago - Seeking Alpha