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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLV returned +29.6% and SDY +16.5%.

Which is cheaper, AVLV or SDY?

AVLV is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVLV vs SDY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVLV returned +29.6% to SDY's +16.5%; 15% 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 $21.9bn for State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+29.6%

AVLV total return, 1 year

+16.5%

SDY total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVLV expense ratio

0.35%

SDY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVLV costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.1 points.

AVLV vs SDY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVLV	SDY
Return
Measure	AVLV	SDY
Total return, 1 year	+29.6%	+16.5%
Benchmark
Measure	AVLV	SDY
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVLV	SDY
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$22.4bn	$21.9bn
Holdings
Measure	AVLV	SDY
Holdings in common	15%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.8%	20.4%

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

Risk and return

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

AVLV SDY

Return

Total return edge AVLV +100.3% +52.1%

Annualized edge AVLV +14.7% +8.6%

Price return edge AVLV +84.5% +33.3%

Risk

Volatility edge SDY 16.0% 13.7%

Max drawdown edge SDY −18.3% −14.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVLV 0.69 0.39

Sortino edge AVLV 0.99 0.56

Calmar edge AVLV 0.80 0.60

Reading

AVLV returned more: +100.3% to +52.1%. SDY swung less: 13.7% to 16.0%. SDY fell less at its worst: −14.4% to −18.3%.

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Risk and return: AVLV vs SDY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVLV	SDY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+100.3%	+52.1%	AVLV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.7%	+8.6%	AVLV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+84.5%	+33.3%	AVLV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.0%	13.7%	SDY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.2%	9.5%	SDY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.3%	−14.4%	SDY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.69	0.39	AVLV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.99	0.56	AVLV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.80	0.60	AVLV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

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

15%

By the books each fund has filed, AVLV and SDY hold 15% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVLV SDY

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 1.54% 2.81%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP COMMON STOCK 2.56% 1.49%

CHEVRON CORP COMMON STOCK USD.75 1.02% 2.15%

TARGET CORP COMMON STOCK USD.0833 1.02% 1.59%

QUALCOMM INC COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.84% 0.89%

TRAVELERS COS INC/THE COMMON STOCK 1.10% 0.69%

AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.66% 0.59%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.00000625 3.48% 0.56%

ACCENTURE PLC CL A COMMON STOCK USD.0000225 0.56% 3.73%

CHUBB LTD COMMON STOCK 0.70% 0.53%

CSX CORP COMMON STOCK USD1.0 1.16% 0.52%

EXPEDITORS INTL WASH INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.46% 0.47%

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Only in AVLV

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%

UNION PACIFIC CORP COMMON STOCK USD2.5 1.69%

MORGAN STANLEY COMMON STOCK USD.01 1.41%

Only in SDY

REALTY INCOME CORP 1.94%

PEPSICO INC 1.82%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.79%

KENVUE INC 1.55%

KIMBERLY CLARK CORP 1.51%

NIKE INC CL B 1.51%

BECTON DICKINSON AND CO 1.50%

CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC 1.40%

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Side by side

AVLV Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF SDY State Street SPDR S&P Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Dividend

Total return, 1 year +29.6% +16.5%

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% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 84.3% 84.4%

Holdings 298 156

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $22.4bn $21.9bn

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

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

What each follows. AVLV follows No index, actively managed and SDY follows S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index.
Holdings in common. 15% 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 SDY +16.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 13.1 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%.

SDY

SDY tracks the S&P Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% 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 156 positions, with the top ten at 20.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVLV or SDY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLV returned +29.6% and SDY +16.5%.
Which is cheaper, AVLV or SDY?: AVLV is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVLV and SDY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVLV and 84% of SDY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVLV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

SDY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SDY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street 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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