Which is cheaper, AVLV or DFAL?

DFAL is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVLV and 54% of DFAL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVLV vs DFAL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AVLV and DFAL hold 1% of their weight in the same names.

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Net assets: $22.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF, and $1.5bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF.

AVLV on its own →DFAL on its own →

At a glance

+29.6%

AVLV total return, 1 year

+5.6%

DFAL total return, since launch, Jun 23, 2026

0.15%

AVLV expense ratio

0.12%

DFAL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFAL costs 0.03 points a year less.

AVLV vs DFAL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVLV	DFAL
Return
Measure	AVLV	DFAL
Total return, 1 year	+29.6%	not published
Benchmark
Measure	AVLV	DFAL
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	not published
Cost and size
Measure	AVLV	DFAL
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.12%
Net assets, AVLV as of Oct 27, 2026 and DFAL as of Jul 31, 2026	$22.4bn	$1.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AVLV	DFAL
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.8%	56.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVLV and DFAL hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVLV DFAL

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP COMMON STOCK 2.56% 0.51%

PHILLIPS 66 COMMON STOCK 0.39% 0.10%

CHUBB LTD COMMON STOCK 0.70% 0.10%

SANDISK CORP COMMON STOCK 0.13% 0.07%

PAYPAL HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK 0.53% 0.04%

EQT CORP COMMON STOCK 0.34% 0.04%

FLEX LTD COMMON STOCK 0.22% 0.04%

VIATRIS INC COMMON STOCK 0.03% 0.06%

FERGUSON ENTERPRISES INC COMMON STOCK 0.02% 0.05%

FEDEX FREIGHT HOLDING CO COMMON STOCK 0.03% 0.02%

LPL FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK 0.34% 0.02%

MARKEL GROUP INC COMMON STOCK 0.01% 0.01%

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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%

ELI LILLY + CO COMMON STOCK 2.51%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP COMMON STOCK USD.005 2.29%

Only in DFAL

iShares Russell Top 200 Growth Index ETF 13.12%

Ishares Russell Top 200 Value Index Fund 8.84%

DFA Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 7.98%

Dimensional U S Core Equity 2 ETF 6.89%

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF 4.68%

NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.93%

APPLE INC. 3.83%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 2.82%

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Side by side

AVLV Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF DFAL Dimensional US Large Cap Core Equity Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis Dimensional

What it is Actively managed Equity fund

Total return, 1 year +29.6% +5.6% (since launch, Jun 23, 2026)

Its benchmark over the same days +27.5% (IWD) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +2.1 pts vs IWD not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.12%

Already in the S&P 500 84.3% 53.9%

Holdings 298 545

Net assets, AVLV as of Oct 27, 2026 and DFAL as of Jul 31, 2026 $22.4bn $1.5bn

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

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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%.

DFAL

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.12% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 54% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 545 positions, with the top ten at 56.6%.

Questions people ask

Which is cheaper, AVLV or DFAL?: DFAL is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVLV and DFAL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVLV and 54% of DFAL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

AVLV on its own →DFAL on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AVLV dividend history →AVLV holdings →DFAL dividend history →DFAL holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AVLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVLV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

DFAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DFAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Dimensional 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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