Which returned more over the last year, AVDV or VGIT?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +31.0% and VGIT returned −1.2%, so AVDV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, AVDV or VGIT?

AVDV charges 0.36% a year and VGIT charges 0.03%, so VGIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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AVDV vs VGIT: how they differ

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

Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVDV and VGIT 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 AVDV	Only in VGIT
AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik 1.72%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.97%
Mitsui Kinzoku Co Ltd 1.38%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.94%
Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd 0.74%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%
Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.67%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%
OceanaGold Corp 0.63%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.92%
Perseus Mining Ltd 0.63%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%
Coeur Mining Inc 0.61%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.89%
Whitehaven Coal Ltd 0.61%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.87%

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 May 31, 2026.

AVDV and VGIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AVDV Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF	VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Avantis	Vanguard
What it is	International Small Cap Value	Intermediate-Term Treasury
Total return, 1 year	+31.0%	−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+13.5 pts	−18.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.03%
Holdings	1751	103

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%.

VGIT in plain words

VGIT is a bond fund tracking the Intermediate-Term Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.7% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVDV or VGIT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +31.0% and VGIT returned −1.2%, so AVDV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, AVDV or VGIT?: AVDV charges 0.36% a year and VGIT charges 0.03%, so VGIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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