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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLV returned +29.6% and IAU +2.7%.

Which is cheaper, AVLV or IAU?

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 own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVLV vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AVLV is an actively managed equity fund and IAU a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVLV returned +29.6% against +2.7%.

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Net assets: $22.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF, and $60.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Gold Trust.

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At a glance

+29.6%

AVLV total return, 1 year

+2.7%

IAU total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVLV expense ratio

0.25%

IAU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVLV costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 26.9 points; IAU is 2.7 times larger.

AVLV vs IAU: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVLV	IAU
Return
Measure	AVLV	IAU
Total return, 1 year	+29.6%	+2.7%
Drawdown
Measure	AVLV	IAU
Below its high		24.6%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVLV	IAU
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	AVLV	IAU
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$22.4bn	$60.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AVLV	IAU
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	84%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.8%

Method

Side by side

AVLV Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF IAU iShares Gold Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +29.6% +2.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +27.5% (IWD) +2.5% (GLD)

Gap to its benchmark +2.1 pts vs IWD +0.2 pts vs GLD

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.25%

Holdings 298 not counted

Net assets, AVLV as of Oct 27, 2026 and IAU as of Oct 28, 2026 $22.4bn $60.1bn

AVLV and IAU 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%.

IAU

Its expense ratio is 0.25% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

IAU holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +2.5% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.6% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVLV or IAU?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLV returned +29.6% and IAU +2.7%.
Which is cheaper, AVLV or IAU?: 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 own filings.

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

Sources and dates

AVLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVLV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

iShares page for IAU ↗

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