Are AVLV and IBB in the same category?

AVLV is a stock ETF and IBB is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLV returned +29.6% and IBB +37.5%.

Which is cheaper, AVLV or IBB?

AVLV is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVLV and 40% of IBB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVLV vs IBB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVLV returned +29.6% to IBB's +37.5%, and AVLV charges 0.15% to IBB's 0.44%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $22.4bn for Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF and $11.0bn for iShares Biotechnology ETF.

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At a glance

+29.6%

AVLV total return, 1 year

+37.5%

IBB total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVLV expense ratio

0.44%

IBB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVLV costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.9 points; AVLV is 2.0 times larger.

AVLV vs IBB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVLV	IBB
Return
Measure	AVLV	IBB
Total return, 1 year	+29.6%	+37.5%
Benchmark
Measure	AVLV	IBB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Biotech
Cost and size
Measure	AVLV	IBB
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.44%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$22.4bn	$11.0bn
Active share vs the S&P 500		99%
Holdings
Measure	AVLV	IBB
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.8%	50%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVLV and IBB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVLV IBB

EXELIXIS INC COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.35% 1.09%

INCYTE CORP COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.02% 1.63%

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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%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP COMMON STOCK 2.56%

ELI LILLY + CO COMMON STOCK 2.51%

Only in IBB

GILEAD SCIENCES 8.56%

AMGEN INC 8.20%

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS 7.53%

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 5.64%

MODERNA 5.29%

NATERA 3.85%

ARGENX SE ADR 3.42%

ILLUMINA INC 2.93%

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Side by side

AVLV Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF IBB iShares Biotechnology ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Thematic ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Biotech

Total return, 1 year +29.6% +37.5%

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% 0.44%

Already in the S&P 500 84.3% 40.2%

Holdings 298 245

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $22.4bn $11.0bn

AVLV and IBB 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%.

IBB

By weight, 40% of IBB's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 50% of the fund across 245 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +37.5% with distributions reinvested.

Questions people ask

Are AVLV and IBB in the same category?: AVLV is a stock ETF and IBB is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, AVLV or IBB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLV returned +29.6% and IBB +37.5%.
Which is cheaper, AVLV or IBB?: AVLV is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVLV and IBB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVLV and 40% of IBB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

AVLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVLV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

IBB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IBB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IBB ↗

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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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