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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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AVDV vs USHY: how they differ

AVDV and USHY hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and AVDV returned more over the year.

Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVDV and USHY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AVDVOnly in USHY
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik 1.72%1261229 BC LTD 0.48%
Mitsui Kinzoku Co Ltd 1.38%ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%
Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd 0.74%QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%
Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.67%SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%
OceanaGold Corp 0.63%CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%
Perseus Mining Ltd 0.63%WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%
Coeur Mining Inc 0.61%ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%
Whitehaven Coal Ltd 0.61%HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.26%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

AVDV and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AVDV
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF
USHY
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerAvantisiShares
What it isInternational Small Cap ValueBroad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year+31.0%+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+13.5 pts−14.2 pts
Expense ratio0.36%0.08%
Holdings17511894

AVDV in plain words

AVDV is an index equity fund tracking the International Small Cap Value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +31.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1751 positions, with the top ten at 8.2%.

USHY in plain words

USHY is a bond fund tracking the Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVDV or USHY?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +31.0% and USHY returned +3.3%, so AVDV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, AVDV or USHY?
AVDV charges 0.36% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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AVDV against USHY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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