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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and SPYM +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, AVDV or SPYM?

SPYM is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVDV and 100% of SPYM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVDV vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVDV returned +22.8% to SPYM's +13.7%; 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 $185.0bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+22.8%

AVDV total return, 1 year

+13.7%

SPYM total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVDV expense ratio

0.02%

SPYM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYM costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.1 points; SPYM is 9.3 times larger.

AVDV vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	SPYM
Return
Measure	AVDV	SPYM
Total return, 1 year	+22.8%	+13.7%
Drawdown
Measure	AVDV	SPYM
Below its high	5.7%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVDV	SPYM
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVDV	SPYM
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$20.0bn	$185.0bn
Holdings
Measure	AVDV	SPYM
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.2%	38.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVDV and SPYM hold 0% 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 AVDV SPYM

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 SPYM

NVIDIA CORP 7.92%

APPLE INC 7.61%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.92%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.44%

ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.05%

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Side by side

AVDV Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +22.8% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.02%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.8%

Holdings 1732 506

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.0bn $185.0bn

Former ticker none SPLG

AVDV and SPYM 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.

SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVDV or SPYM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and SPYM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, AVDV or SPYM?: SPYM is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVDV and SPYM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVDV and 100% of SPYM 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 ↗

SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street 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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