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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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AVUV vs USO: how they differ

AVUV is an equity index fund and USO a commodity fund, and over the year USO returned more, +112.2% against +24.6%.

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF and United States Oil Fund, LP.

AVUV and USO on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
AVUV
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF
USO
United States Oil Fund, LP
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerAvantisUnited
What it isU.S. Small Cap ValueOil
Total return, 1 year+24.6%+112.2%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+7.2 pts+94.7 pts
Expense ratio0.25%not published
Holdings795not filed

AVUV in plain words

AVUV is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Small Cap Value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +24.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% 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 795 positions, with the top ten at 8.7%.

USO in plain words

USO is a commodity fund tracking the Oil. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +112.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 57.1% below its high of Apr 8, 2011 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or USO?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +24.6% and USO returned +112.2%, so USO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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AVUV against USO, 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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