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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and BND −1.3%.

Which is cheaper, AVDV or BND?

BND is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVDV vs BND: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVDV returned +22.8% to BND's −1.3%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $20.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF, and $161.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF.

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At a glance

+22.8%

AVDV total return, 1 year

−1.3%

BND total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVDV expense ratio

0.03%

BND expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BND costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 24.1 points.

AVDV vs BND: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	BND
Return
Measure	AVDV	BND
Total return, 1 year	+22.8%	−1.3%
Drawdown
Measure	AVDV	BND
Below its high	5.7%, high on Sep 4, 2026	3.5%, high on Aug 6, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AVDV	BND
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVDV	BND
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.03%
Net assets, AVDV as of Oct 27, 2026 and BND as of Sep 30, 2026	$20.0bn	$161.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AVDV	BND
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVDV and BND hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVDV BND

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AVDV

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 BND

MKTLIQ 0.92%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%

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Side by side

AVDV Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Avantis Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds

Total return, 1 year +22.8% −1.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.03%

Holdings 1732 16301

Net assets, AVDV as of Oct 27, 2026 and BND as of Sep 30, 2026 $20.0bn $161.4bn

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

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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.

BND

BND tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.3% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, measured by the closely related Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 6, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVDV or BND?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and BND −1.3%.
Which is cheaper, AVDV or BND?: BND is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

AVDV on its own →BND on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AVDV dividend history →AVDV holdings →BND dividend history →BND holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AVDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

BND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for BND ↗

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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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