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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, AVDV or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVDV and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVDV vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVDV returned +22.8% to VT's +13.5%; 1% 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+22.8%

AVDV total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVDV expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.3 points.

AVDV vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	VT
Return
Measure	AVDV	VT
Total return, 1 year	+22.8%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AVDV	VT
Below its high	5.7%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVDV	VT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVDV	VT
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.06%
Net assets, AVDV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026	$20.0bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	AVDV	VT
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.2%	22.5%

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

Risk and return

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

AVDV VT

Return

Total return edge AVDV +165.0% +141.4%

Annualized edge AVDV +14.8% +13.3%

Price return edge AVDV (slight) +115.2% +110.3%

Risk

Volatility edge VT 21.1% 18.0%

Max drawdown edge VT −41.8% −32.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge Tie 0.62 0.62

Sortino edge VT (slight) 0.87 0.89

Calmar edge VT 0.35 0.41

Reading

AVDV returned more: +165.0% to +141.4%. VT swung less: 18.0% to 21.1%. VT fell less at its worst: −32.6% to −41.8%.

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Risk and return: AVDV vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	VT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+165.0%	+141.4%	AVDV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.8%	+13.3%	AVDV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+115.2%	+110.3%	AVDV (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	21.1%	18.0%	VT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	15.1%	12.5%	VT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−41.8%	−32.6%	VT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.62	0.62	Tie	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.87	0.89	VT (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.35	0.41	VT	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 VT hold 1% 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 VT

COEUR MINING INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.42% 0.01%

OVINTIV INC COMMON STOCK 0.13% 0.01%

WHITECAP RESOURCES INC COMMON STOCK 0.43% 0.01%

AKZO NOBEL N.V. COMMON STOCK EUR.5 0.08% 0.01%

BANKINTER SA COMMON STOCK EUR.3 0.01% 0.01%

HUDBAY MINERALS INC COMMON STOCK 0.28% 0.01%

ENLIGHT RENEWABLE ENERGY LTD COMMON STOCK ILS.01 0.14% 0.01%

ELDORADO GOLD CORP COMMON STOCK 0.26% 0.01%

FINNING INTERNATIONAL INC COMMON STOCK 0.08% 0.01%

IAMGOLD CORP COMMON STOCK 0.12% 0.01%

AL SYDBANK COMMON STOCK DKK10.0 0.26% 0.01%

GUNMA BANK LTD/THE COMMON STOCK 0.08% 0.01%

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Only in AVDV

WEST AFRICAN RESOURCES LTD COMMON STOCK 0.38%

OVS SPA COMMON STOCK NPV 0.30%

JET2 PLC COMMON STOCK GBP.0125 0.27%

SPAREBANK 1 NORD NORGE COMMON STOCK NOK18.0 0.23%

GLENVEAGH PROPERTIES PLC COMMON STOCK EUR.001 0.21%

GOLDEN AGRI RESOURCES LTD COMMON STOCK USD.025 0.21%

SSC GOVERNMENT MM GVMXX 0.20%

SAF HOLLAND SE COMMON STOCK EUR.01 0.18%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.62%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

AVDV Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +22.8% +13.5%

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 54.7%

Holdings 1732 10194

Net assets, AVDV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $20.0bn $81.8bn

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

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

What each follows. AVDV follows No index, actively managed and VT follows FTSE Global All Cap Index.
Holdings in common. 1% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AVDV returned +22.8% and VT +13.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 9.3 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.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVDV or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, AVDV or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVDV and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVDV and 55% of VT 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) ↗

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VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VT ↗

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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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