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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and XLU −3.0%.

Which is cheaper, AVDV or XLU?

XLU 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 XLU overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVDV vs XLU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVDV returned +22.8% to XLU's −3.0%; 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 $23.9bn for State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+22.8%

AVDV total return, 1 year

−3.0%

XLU total return, 1 year

0.36%

AVDV expense ratio

0.08%

XLU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLU costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 25.8 points; XLU is 1.2 times larger.

AVDV vs XLU: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVDV	XLU
Return
Measure	AVDV	XLU
Total return, 1 year	+22.8%	−3.0%
Drawdown
Measure	AVDV	XLU
Below its high	5.7%, high on Sep 4, 2026	9.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVDV	XLU
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Utilities Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVDV	XLU
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$20.0bn	$23.9bn
Holdings
Measure	AVDV	XLU
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	6.2%	58.7%

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

What they share

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

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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 XLU

NEXTERA ENERGY INC 12.76%

SOUTHERN CO 7.91%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 7.22%

CONSTELLATION ENERGY 6.33%

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER 5.26%

DOMINION ENERGY INC 4.26%

SEMPRA 4.12%

ENTERGY CORP 3.75%

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Side by side

AVDV Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF XLU State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Utilities

Total return, 1 year +22.8% −3.0%

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.7%

Holdings 1732 32

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $20.0bn $23.9bn

AVDV and XLU 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.

XLU

XLU tracks an index of Utilities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.0% 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 32 positions, with the top ten at 58.7%. It sat 9.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVDV or XLU?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVDV returned +22.8% and XLU −3.0%.
Which is cheaper, AVDV or XLU?: XLU 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 XLU overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVDV and 100% of XLU 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 ↗

XLU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLU 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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