Which returned more over the last year, AVIV or VYMI?

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVIV returned +20.5% and VYMI +24.1%.

Which is cheaper, AVIV or VYMI?

VYMI is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AVIV and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?

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

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AVIV vs VYMI: Differences, Returns & Fees

AVIV and VYMI hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and VYMI returned +24.1% over the year. Net assets: $1.8bn on May 31, 2026 for Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF, and $21.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF.

VYMI costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.6 points.

	AVIV	VYMI
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.07%
Net assets, AVIV as of May 31, 2026 and VYMI as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.8bn	$21.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.5%	+24.1%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index
Holdings in common	27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.6%	13.6%
Below its high	5.5%, high on Aug 25, 2026	5.3%, high on Sep 3, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+20.5%

AVIV total return, 1 year

+24.1%

VYMI total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVIV expense ratio

0.07%

VYMI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVIV and VYMI hold 27% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

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27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding AVIV VYMI

ROCHE HOLDING AG COMMON STOCK CHF.001 1.88% 1.57%

TORONTO DOMINION BANK COMMON STOCK 1.30% 1.03%

ALLIANZ SE REG COMMON STOCK 1.25% 1.02%

UBS GROUP AG REG COMMON STOCK USD.1 1.29% 0.88%

UNICREDIT SPA COMMON STOCK 1.01% 0.76%

TOTALENERGIES SE COMMON STOCK 0.75% 0.87%

DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK 0.66% 0.63%

INTESA SANPAOLO COMMON STOCK 1.00% 0.62%

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG REG COMMON STOCK 0.93% 0.58%

BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA COMMON STOCK 0.82% 0.58%

ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP AG COMMON STOCK CHF.1 1.36% 0.56%

CAN IMPERIAL BK OF COMMERCE COMMON STOCK 0.59% 0.53%

Only in AVIV

BANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA SP ADR ADR 2.42%

SHELL PLC ADR ADR 2.21%

SAFRAN SA COMMON STOCK EUR.2 1.99%

ROLLS ROYCE HOLDINGS PLC COMMON STOCK GBP.2 1.50%

BHP GROUP LTD SPON ADR ADR 1.36%

BP PLC SPONS ADR ADR 1.31%

ASML HOLDING NV NY REG SHS NY REG SHRS EUR.09 1.02%

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP COMMON STOCK 1.01%

Only in VYMI

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.80%

Novartis AG 1.45%

Nestle SA 1.28%

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc 1.27%

BHP Group Ltd 1.23%

Banco Santander SA 1.11%

Toyota Motor Corp 1.08%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 0.98%

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On the same fields

AVIV

Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF

VYMI

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield

Total return, 1 year +20.5% +24.1%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.2 pts +6.8 pts

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.07%

Already in the S&P 500 0.1% 0.0%

Holdings 598 1574

Net assets, AVIV as of May 31, 2026 and VYMI as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.8bn $21.4bn

AVIV and VYMI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

AVIV in plain words

AVIV is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 598 positions, with the top ten at 16.6%. It sat 5.5% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

VYMI in plain words

VYMI tracks an index of International High Dividend Yield. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +24.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,574 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Sep 3, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVIV or VYMI?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVIV returned +20.5% and VYMI +24.1%.
Which is cheaper, AVIV or VYMI?: VYMI is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVIV and VYMI overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVIV and 0% of VYMI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

AVIV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗AVIV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Avantis website ↗VYMI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VYMI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VYMI ↗

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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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