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Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF

$65.16+0.51% today
556952-WK

The fund invests primarily in a diverse group of companies related to emerging markets across market sectors, industry groups and countries. The fund may invest in companies of all market capitalizations. Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of companies related to emerging market countries. The adviser generally intends to focus its investments in a subset of the emerging markets countries that comprise the MSCI Emerging Markets Value IMI Index.

Price & daily flows
66.062.158.365.16DAILY NET FLOWAug 21Dec 18Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +10.1% so far this year. At 0.36% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$506Massets under management
0.36%expense ratio · $36 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
103Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1417holdings · US-domiciled
2021listed September 27, 2021 · beta 1.21
Sector weights
Financial Services27.17%
Other27%
Financials26.05%
Consumer Discretionary17.73%
Consumer Cyclical14.11%
Industrials13.35%
Information Technology11.31%
Materials11.24%
Technology11.16%
Basic Materials10.52%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other26.66%
India22.39%
Taiwan21.54%
China21.28%
Taiwan (Province of China)17.27%
South Korea13.57%
Korea (the Republic of)12.98%
Brazil4.67%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.2%
1 month+3.6%
3 months-1.7%
6 months+0.6%
YTD+10.1%
1 year+15.5%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
22%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
21%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

The case against AVES

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat AVES on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-32bp on fee · 67× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-32bp on fee · 65× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-32bp on fee · 56× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-29bp on fee · 382× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
ILCG iShares Morningstar Growth ETF0.04%$3.3B+$7M-32bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$7M in over the monthHead-to-head
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