AVES ETF — Avantis® Emerging Markets Value ETF

Avantis® Emerging Markets Value ETF (AVES)

Updated October 16, 2026.

AVES is an ETF. its distribution rate is 3.89%, its trailing-12-month yield is 3.51%, its expense ratio is 0.36%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 96/100 (Safe). Total return is 50.1% over the past 5 years, 40.1 points behind SPY at 90.2%.

Avantis Emerging Markets Value ETF is an equity fund that invests primarily in a diverse group of value-oriented companies across emerging markets countries and sectors, with a focus on companies in the MSCI Emerging Markets Value IMI Index. The fund offers a modest current distribution rate paid quarterly and carries an expense ratio of 0.36%. It may appeal to income-focused investors seeking exposure to emerging market equities with a value orientation.

AVES performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 50.1% over the past 5 years, 40.1 points behind SPY at 90.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 14.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 12.9%.

AVES key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

96 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

3.73%

Issuer

Avantis

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/29/2021

Expense ratio

0.36%

Distribution rate

3.89%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

3.51%

Last close

$63.49 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$1,560,994,911

Average volume

77916.0

Dividend

$0.617

Ex-dividend date

09/08/2026

Payment date

09/10/2026

Beta

0.98

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (3.89%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (3.51%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Avantis; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

AVES risks and drawbacks

AVES's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 12.9%.

Who may consider AVES — and who may not

AVES may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score, moderate current income with a quality tilt. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (AVES pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields; investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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