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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and XLB +18.5%.

Which is cheaper, AVDV or XLB?

XLB is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVDV vs XLB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVDV returned +22.8% to XLB's +18.5%; 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 $8.1bn for State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+22.8%

AVDV total return, 1 year

+18.5%

XLB total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVDV expense ratio

0.08%

XLB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLB costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.3 points; AVDV is 2.5 times larger.

AVDV vs XLB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	XLB
Return
Measure	AVDV	XLB
Total return, 1 year	+22.8%	+18.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AVDV	XLB
Below its high	5.7%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVDV	XLB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Materials Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVDV	XLB
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$20.0bn	$8.1bn
Holdings
Measure	AVDV	XLB
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.2%	58.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVDV and XLB 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 XLB

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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 XLB

LINDE PLC 12.96%

NEWMONT CORP 6.56%

FREEPORT MCMORAN INC 5.23%

ECOLAB INC 4.98%

VULCAN MATERIALS CO 4.89%

NUCOR CORP 4.89%

AIR PRODUCTS + CHEMICALS INC 4.84%

STEEL DYNAMICS INC 4.77%

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Side by side

AVDV Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF XLB State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Materials

Total return, 1 year +22.8% +18.5%

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.8%

Holdings 1732 25

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.0bn $8.1bn

AVDV and XLB 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.

XLB

XLB tracks an index of Materials. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% 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 25 positions, with the top ten at 58.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVDV or XLB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and XLB +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, AVDV or XLB?: XLB is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVDV and XLB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVDV and 100% of XLB 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 ↗

XLB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLB 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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