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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and AVUV +25.1%.

Which is cheaper, AVDV or AVUV?

AVUV is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AVDV and AVUV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVDV and 0% of AVUV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVDV vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVDV returned +22.8% to AVUV's +25.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $20.0bn for Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF and $32.1bn for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+22.8%

AVDV total return, 1 year

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVDV expense ratio

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUV costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.3 points; AVUV is 1.6 times larger.

AVDV vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	AVUV
Return
Measure	AVDV	AVUV
Total return, 1 year	+22.8%	+25.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AVDV	AVUV
Below its high	5.7%, high on Sep 4, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVDV	AVUV
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AVDV	AVUV
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$20.0bn	$32.1bn
Holdings
Measure	AVDV	AVUV
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.2%	7.9%

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

Risk and return

Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026 · 368 weekly returns

AVDV AVUV

Return

Total return edge AVUV (slight) +165.0% +180.4%

Annualized edge AVUV (slight) +14.8% +15.7%

Price return edge AVUV +115.2% +150.6%

Risk

Volatility edge AVDV 21.1% 27.5%

Max drawdown edge AVDV −41.8% −48.5%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVDV (slight) 0.62 0.56

Sortino edge AVDV (slight) 0.87 0.82

Calmar edge AVDV (slight) 0.35 0.32

Reading

AVUV returned slightly more: +180.4% to +165.0%. AVDV swung less: 21.1% to 27.5%. AVDV fell less at its worst: −41.8% to −48.5%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: AVDV vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	AVUV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+165.0%	+180.4%	AVUV (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.8%	+15.7%	AVUV (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+115.2%	+150.6%	AVUV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	21.1%	27.5%	AVDV	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	15.1%	18.9%	AVDV	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−41.8%	−48.5%	AVDV	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.62	0.56	AVDV (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.87	0.82	AVDV (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.35	0.32	AVDV (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 368 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVDV and AVUV hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVDV AVUV

SSC GOVERNMENT MM GVMXX 0.20% 0.06%

DAUCH CORPORATION COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.00% 0.04%

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AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE + SYSTEM COMMON STOCK 0.81%

WHITBREAD PLC COMMON STOCK GBP.767974 0.68%

CLAL INSURANCE ENTERPR HLDGS COMMON STOCK ILS1.0 0.67%

TAMARACK VALLEY ENERGY LTD COMMON STOCK 0.60%

PERSEUS MINING LTD COMMON STOCK 0.59%

B2GOLD CORP COMMON STOCK 0.58%

LION FINANCE GROUP PLC COMMON STOCK GBP.01 0.58%

JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC COMMON STOCK GBP1.478994 0.56%

Only in AVUV

MATSON INC COMMON STOCK 0.99%

GATX CORP COMMON STOCK USD.625 0.89%

SM ENERGY CO COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.83%

ABERCROMBIE + FITCH CO CL A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.79%

LYFT INC A COMMON STOCK USD.00001 0.77%

MACY S INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.77%

MURPHY OIL CORP COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.73%

SKYWEST INC COMMON STOCK 0.73%

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Side by side

AVDV Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis Avantis

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +22.8% +25.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +21.1% (IWN)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +4.0 pts vs IWN

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1732 791

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.0bn $32.1bn

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

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AVDV and AVUV do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AVDV returned +22.8% and AVUV +25.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.3 points.
Cost. AVDV charges 0.36% of assets a year and AVUV 0.25%, a gap of 0.11 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

AVDV

AVDV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +22.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,732 positions, with the top ten at 6.2%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Sep 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

AVUV

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.1% with distributions reinvested, against +21.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value.

AVUV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 791 positions, with the top ten at 7.9%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVDV or AVUV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and AVUV +25.1%.
Which is cheaper, AVDV or AVUV?: AVUV is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVDV and AVUV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVDV and 0% of AVUV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVDV and AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVDV and AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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