Which returned more over the last year, AVLV or AVUV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLV returned +29.6% and AVUV +25.1%.

Which is cheaper, AVLV or AVUV?

AVLV is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AVLV and AVUV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVLV and 0% of AVUV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVLV vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVLV returned +29.6% to AVUV's +25.1%; 4% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $22.4bn for Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF and $32.1bn for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+29.6%

AVLV total return, 1 year

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVLV expense ratio

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVLV costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points; AVUV is 1.4 times larger.

AVLV vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVLV	AVUV
Return
Measure	AVLV	AVUV
Total return, 1 year	+29.6%	+25.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AVLV	AVUV
Below its high		4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVLV	AVUV
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AVLV	AVUV
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$22.4bn	$32.1bn
Holdings
Measure	AVLV	AVUV
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.8%	7.9%

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

Risk and return

Oct 1, 2021 to Oct 23, 2026 · 264 weekly returns

AVLV AVUV

Return

Total return edge AVLV +100.3% +72.4%

Annualized edge AVLV +14.7% +11.3%

Price return edge AVLV +84.5% +58.3%

Risk

Volatility edge AVLV 16.0% 20.9%

Max drawdown edge AVLV −18.3% −25.5%

Downside capture 100.6% 100.1%

Beta 1.06 1.04

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVLV 0.69 0.43

Sortino edge AVLV 0.99 0.62

Treynor 0.104 0.148

Calmar edge AVLV 0.80 0.45

Against the benchmark

Alpha +2.0% a year +4.3% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.94 1.91

Information ratio 0.52 0.79

Tracking error 4.8% 6.1%

Each against its own benchmark: AVLV against IWD, Oct 1, 2021 to Oct 23, 2026; AVUV against IWN, Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

AVLV returned more: +100.3% to +72.4%. AVLV swung less: 16.0% to 20.9%. AVLV fell less at its worst: −18.3% to −25.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: AVLV vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVLV	AVUV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+100.3%	+72.4%	AVLV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.7%	+11.3%	AVLV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+84.5%	+58.3%	AVLV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.0%	20.9%	AVLV	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.2%	14.7%	AVLV	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.3%	−25.5%	AVLV	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	108.3%	111.7%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	100.6%	100.1%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.06	1.04	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.91	0.95	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.69	0.43	AVLV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.99	0.62	AVLV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.104	0.148		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.80	0.45	AVLV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IWD	IWN		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+2.0% a year	+4.3% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.94	1.91	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−2.2% to +6.1%	−0.1% to +8.7%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.52	0.79		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	4.8%	6.1%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 264 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVLV and AVUV hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVLV AVUV

RYDER SYSTEM INC COMMON STOCK USD.5 0.25% 0.49%

OSCAR HEALTH INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.00001 0.21% 0.45%

VIASAT INC COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.21% 0.72%

JACKSON FINANCIAL INC A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.20% 0.24%

CHORD ENERGY CORP COMMON STOCK 0.16% 0.48%

HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP INC/ COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.16% 0.52%

PAYCOM SOFTWARE INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.16% 0.37%

AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK USD.0125 0.15% 0.21%

NEWMARKET CORP COMMON STOCK 0.15% 0.44%

SM ENERGY CO COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.15% 0.83%

SPROUTS FARMERS MARKET INC COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.14% 0.35%

ONEMAIN HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.12% 0.30%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AVLV

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.00000625 3.48%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 2.96%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 2.92%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.000006 2.91%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.00001 2.85%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO COMMON STOCK USD1.0 2.66%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP COMMON STOCK 2.56%

ELI LILLY + CO COMMON STOCK 2.51%

Only in AVUV

LYFT INC A COMMON STOCK USD.00001 0.77%

SKYWEST INC COMMON STOCK 0.73%

RUSH ENTERPRISES INC CL A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.69%

CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC/THE COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.66%

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS INC COMMON STOCK 0.65%

SIGNET JEWELERS LTD COMMON STOCK USD.18 0.62%

TUTOR PERINI CORP COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.61%

CNX RESOURCES CORP COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.59%

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Side by side

AVLV Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis Avantis

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +29.6% +25.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +27.5% (IWD) +21.1% (IWN)

Gap to its benchmark +2.1 pts vs IWD +4.0 pts vs IWN

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 84.3% 0.0%

Holdings 298 791

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $22.4bn $32.1bn

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

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AVLV and AVUV do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

Holdings in common. 4% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AVLV returned +29.6% and AVUV +25.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 4.5 points.
Cost. AVLV charges 0.15% of assets a year and AVUV 0.25%, a gap of 0.10 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

AVLV

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +29.6% with distributions reinvested, against +27.5% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value.

AVLV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 298 positions, with the top ten at 26.8%.

AVUV

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.1% with distributions reinvested, against +21.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value.

AVUV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% 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 791 positions, with the top ten at 7.9%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVLV or AVUV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLV returned +29.6% and AVUV +25.1%.
Which is cheaper, AVLV or AVUV?: AVLV is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVLV and AVUV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVLV and 0% of AVUV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVLV and AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVLV and AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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