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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and VCIT −1.8%.

Which is cheaper, AVDV or VCIT?

VCIT 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 VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVDV returned +22.8% to VCIT's −1.8%; 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 $66.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+22.8%

AVDV total return, 1 year

−1.8%

VCIT total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVDV expense ratio

0.03%

VCIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCIT costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 24.6 points.

AVDV vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	VCIT
Return
Measure	AVDV	VCIT
Total return, 1 year	+22.8%	−1.8%
Drawdown
Measure	AVDV	VCIT
Below its high	5.7%, high on Sep 4, 2026	3.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVDV	VCIT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVDV	VCIT
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.03%
Net assets, AVDV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026	$20.0bn	$66.6bn
Holdings
Measure	AVDV	VCIT
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 VCIT 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 VCIT

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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 VCIT

MKTLIQ 0.58%

Amazon.com Inc 0.29%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.28%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.27%

Boeing Co 0.27%

Bank of America Corp 0.27%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.26%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.26%

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Side by side

AVDV Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Avantis Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +22.8% −1.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.8% (SCHI)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs SCHI

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.03%

Holdings 1732 2340

Net assets, AVDV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $20.0bn $66.6bn

AVDV and VCIT 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.

VCIT

VCIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVDV or VCIT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and VCIT −1.8%.
Which is cheaper, AVDV or VCIT?: VCIT 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 →VCIT on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AVDV dividend history →AVDV holdings →VCIT dividend history →VCIT holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AVDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

VCIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCIT ↗

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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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