Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or VCSH?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +24.6% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so AVUV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or VCSH?

AVUV charges 0.25% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH 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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AVUV vs VCSH: how they differ

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

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVUV and VCSH 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 AVUV	Only in VCSH
Viasat Inc 1.39%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%
Matson Inc 0.98%	Bank of America Corp 0.24%
Lear Corp 0.90%	AbbVie Inc 0.21%
SM Energy Co 0.86%	CVS Health Corp 0.21%
Avnet Inc 0.86%	T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%
Macy's Inc 0.78%	Boeing Co/The 0.20%
StoneX Group Inc 0.77%	Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%
Five Below Inc 0.72%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%

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.

AVUV and VCSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Avantis	Vanguard
What it is	U.S. Small Cap Value	Short-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+24.6%	+1.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+7.2 pts	−15.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.03%
Holdings	795	2999

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%.

VCSH in plain words

VCSH is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or VCSH?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +24.6% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so AVUV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or VCSH?: AVUV charges 0.25% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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