Is AVES a good investment?

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF (AVES) is a emerging-markets ETF. As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores AVES 5.1 out of 10 — highest on Risk (7.9), lowest on Valuation (3.0). It trades at 11.1 times earnings, against its own median of 9.1. Its ten largest holdings are 11% of the fund.

Updated September 11, 2026

How is AVES rated? ETF Copilot scores Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF (AVES) 5.1 out of 10

As of September 11, 2026, ETF Copilot scores Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF (AVES) 5.1 out of 10 overall.

ETF Copilot scores (0–10 scale, higher is better):

Overall: 5.1 / 10
Growth: 5.3 / 10
Valuation: 3.0 / 10
Risk: 7.9 / 10
Quality: 3.5 / 10
Return: 5.7 / 10

What is AVES's expense ratio? 0.36% a year

As of September 11, 2026, AVES charges 0.36% a year, yields 3.53% and holds $1.6B in assets across 1856 positions.

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF (AVES) — cost, income and size
Measure	AVES
Expense ratio	0.36%
Dividend yield	3.53%
Assets under management	$1.6B
Holdings	1856

Expense ratio, dividend yield and assets under management are reported by the fund and refreshed daily. Every other figure on this page is computed by ETF Copilot.

What stands out in AVES's data

Emerging market value stocks, selected by the fund's own screening process.

Returns have lagged behind most peers in recent years — the value bet has yet to pay off.

A 19% three-year annualized return trails the 22% category median, behind most peers. The fund holds 1,856 names across emerging markets.

A broad emerging-market allocation tilted toward value, for portfolios that can wait for the cycle.

Is AVES expensive right now? It trades at 11.1 times earnings, against its own median of 9.1

As of September 11, 2026, AVES is more expensive than 80% of its own 60 monthly readings since 2021 — 48 of those months were cheaper than today.

Trailing twelve-month, computed by ETF Copilot from the fund's holdings rather than quoted from a data provider, and rebuilt nightly.

What's inside AVES? 19% Tech

What's inside AVES: Size (Large 23%, Mid 47%, Small 30%); Geography (International 98%, US 2%); Tech 18.9%; Semiconductors 9.2%; Memory 0.4%.

What are AVES's top holdings? The ten largest are 11% of the fund

ASE Technology, Fubon Financial, Hana Financial, LG Electronics, Innolux, Shinhan Financial, KB Financial, Cathay Financial, Wistron and Vale are AVES's largest holdings, in that order.

Less concentrated than 97% of Emerging Markets ETFs.

Half of AVES's weight sits in its 99 largest positions, and once those weights are taken into account it behaves like 267 equally weighted holdings.

Cite this

ETF Copilot, “Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF (AVES) scores and holdings analysis”, as of September 11, 2026.
https://etf-copilot.com/etf/aves