Are AVDV and IBB in the same category?

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

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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and IBB +37.5%.

Which is cheaper, AVDV or IBB?

AVDV is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVDV and 40% of IBB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVDV vs IBB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVDV returned +22.8% to IBB's +37.5%, and AVDV charges 0.36% to IBB's 0.44%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $20.0bn for Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF and $11.0bn for iShares Biotechnology ETF.

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At a glance

+22.8%

AVDV total return, 1 year

+37.5%

IBB total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVDV expense ratio

0.44%

IBB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVDV costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.7 points; AVDV is 1.8 times larger.

AVDV vs IBB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	IBB
Return
Measure	AVDV	IBB
Total return, 1 year	+22.8%	+37.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AVDV	IBB
Below its high	5.7%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVDV	IBB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Biotech
Cost and size
Measure	AVDV	IBB
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.44%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$20.0bn	$11.0bn
Active share vs the S&P 500		99%
Holdings
Measure	AVDV	IBB
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.2%	50%

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

Risk and return

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

AVDV IBB

Return

Total return edge AVDV +165.0% +112.5%

Annualized edge AVDV +14.8% +11.2%

Price return edge AVDV (slight) +115.2% +108.7%

Risk

Volatility edge AVDV (slight) 21.1% 22.7%

Max drawdown edge IBB −41.8% −37.5%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVDV 0.62 0.46

Sortino edge AVDV 0.87 0.67

Calmar edge AVDV 0.35 0.30

Reading

AVDV returned more: +165.0% to +112.5%. AVDV swung slightly less: 21.1% to 22.7%. IBB fell less at its worst: −37.5% to −41.8%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: AVDV vs IBB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	IBB	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+165.0%	+112.5%	AVDV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.8%	+11.2%	AVDV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+115.2%	+108.7%	AVDV (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	21.1%	22.7%	AVDV (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	15.1%	15.3%	Tie	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−41.8%	−37.5%	IBB	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.62	0.46	AVDV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.87	0.67	AVDV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.35	0.30	AVDV	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 IBB 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 IBB

TOREX GOLD RESOURCES INC COMMON STOCK 0.39% 0.63%

ACADEMEDIA AB COMMON STOCK SEK1.0 0.02% 0.24%

ARKEMA COMMON STOCK EUR10.0 0.36% 0.00%

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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 IBB

GILEAD SCIENCES 8.56%

AMGEN INC 8.20%

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS 7.53%

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 5.64%

MODERNA 5.29%

NATERA 3.85%

ARGENX SE ADR 3.42%

ILLUMINA INC 2.93%

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Side by side

AVDV Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF IBB iShares Biotechnology ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Thematic ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Biotech

Total return, 1 year +22.8% +37.5%

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.44%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 40.2%

Holdings 1732 245

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.0bn $11.0bn

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

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

What each follows. AVDV follows No index, actively managed and IBB follows Biotech.
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 IBB +37.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 14.7 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.

IBB

By weight, 40% of IBB's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 50% of the fund across 245 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +37.5% with distributions reinvested.

Questions people ask

Are AVDV and IBB in the same category?: AVDV is a stock ETF and IBB is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, AVDV or IBB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and IBB +37.5%.
Which is cheaper, AVDV or IBB?: AVDV is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVDV and IBB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVDV and 40% of IBB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

IBB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IBB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IBB ↗

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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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