Are AIRR and AVUS in the same category?

AIRR is a thematic ETF and AVUS is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which returned more over the last year, AIRR or AVUS?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AIRR returned −0.2% and AVUS +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, AIRR or AVUS?

AVUS is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AIRR and AVUS overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 15% of AIRR and 84% of AVUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AIRR vs AVUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIRR returned −0.2% to AVUS's +18.0%, and AVUS charges 0.15% to AIRR's 0.69%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $8.4bn for First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF and $14.8bn for Avantis U.S. Equity ETF.

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At a glance

−0.2%

AIRR total return, 1 year

+18.0%

AVUS total return, 1 year

0.69%

AIRR expense ratio

0.15%

AVUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUS costs 0.54 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.2 points; AVUS is 1.8 times larger.

AIRR vs AVUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AIRR	AVUS
Return
Measure	AIRR	AVUS
Total return, 1 year	−0.2%	+18.0%
Drawdown
Measure	AIRR	AVUS
Below its all-time high	25.5%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	AIRR	AVUS
What it tracks	Reshoring and manufacturing	No index, actively managed
Against the S&P 500, 1 year	behind by 13.9 pts
Against its benchmark, 1 year	behind by 13.9 pts
Cost and size
Measure	AIRR	AVUS
Expense ratio	0.69%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.4bn	$14.8bn
Active share vs the S&P 500	100%
Holdings
Measure	AIRR	AVUS
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33%	30.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AIRR and AVUS hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIRR AVUS

Ryder System, Inc. 1.54% 0.07%

Nextpower Inc. (Class A) 3.12% 0.06%

Mueller Industries, Inc. 2.19% 0.05%

Owens Corning 3.20% 0.05%

Sterling Infrastructure, Inc. 2.78% 0.05%

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. 2.36% 0.04%

BWX Technologies, Inc. 3.33% 0.04%

Wintrust Financial Corporation 1.48% 0.04%

Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. 1.82% 0.03%

Argan, Inc. 2.97% 0.03%

Clean Harbors, Inc. 2.60% 0.03%

Dycom Industries, Inc. 3.13% 0.03%

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Only in AIRR

Karman Holdings Inc. 3.51%

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. 3.47%

Core & Main, Inc. (Class A) 2.84%

Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. (Class A) 2.79%

Xometry, Inc. (Class A) 1.58%

Mercury Systems, Inc. 1.30%

Construction Partners, Inc. (Class A) 1.17%

CSW Industrials, Inc. 0.87%

Only in AVUS

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.00001 5.90%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK USD.001 5.54%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.00000625 4.71%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 3.39%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 2.19%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.000006 2.13%

ALPHABET INC CL A COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.89%

ALPHABET INC CL C COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.52%

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Side by side

AIRR First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF

Where it sits Thematic ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust Avantis

What it is Reshoring and manufacturing Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −0.2% +18.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (VOO) +13.3% (IWV)

Gap to its benchmark −13.9 pts vs VOO +4.7 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.69% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 14.7% 84.1%

Holdings 55 1943

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.4bn $14.8bn

AIRR and AVUS on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AIRR

By weight, 15% of AIRR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500, from its filing for Jun 30, 2026; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%.

The top ten holdings are 33% of the fund across 55 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned −0.2% with distributions reinvested against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was behind by 13.9 pts. It sits 25.5% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

AVUS

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000.

AVUS is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,943 positions, with the top ten at 30.0%.

Questions people ask

Are AIRR and AVUS in the same category?: AIRR is a thematic ETF and AVUS is a stock ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, AIRR or AVUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AIRR returned −0.2% and AVUS +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, AIRR or AVUS?: AVUS is cheaper, by 0.54 percentage points a year. That is about $54 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AIRR and AVUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 15% of AIRR and 84% of AVUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AIRR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIRR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for AIRR ↗

AVUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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