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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLV returned +29.6% and SPYG +12.2%.

Which is cheaper, AVLV or SPYG?

SPYG is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVLV and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVLV vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVLV returned +29.6% to SPYG's +12.2%; 25% 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 $55.9bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+29.6%

AVLV total return, 1 year

+12.2%

SPYG total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVLV expense ratio

0.04%

SPYG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYG costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.4 points; SPYG is 2.5 times larger.

AVLV vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVLV	SPYG
Return
Measure	AVLV	SPYG
Total return, 1 year	+29.6%	+12.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AVLV	SPYG
Below its high		4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVLV	SPYG
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P 500 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVLV	SPYG
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$22.4bn	$55.9bn
Holdings
Measure	AVLV	SPYG
Holdings in common	25%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	26.8%	59.6%

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

Risk and return

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

AVLV SPYG

Return

Total return edge AVLV +100.3% +90.1%

Annualized edge AVLV (slight) +14.7% +13.5%

Price return edge AVLV (slight) +84.5% +82.7%

Risk

Volatility edge AVLV 16.0% 20.4%

Max drawdown edge AVLV −18.3% −31.9%

Downside capture 100.6% 103.2%

Beta 1.06 1.05

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVLV 0.69 0.53

Sortino edge AVLV 0.99 0.80

Treynor 0.104 0.074

Calmar edge AVLV 0.80 0.42

Against the benchmark

Alpha +2.0% a year −1.1% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.94 −1.00

Information ratio 0.52 −0.11

Tracking error 4.8% 5.6%

Each against its own benchmark: AVLV against IWD, Oct 1, 2021 to Oct 23, 2026; SPYG against IVW, Oct 13, 2000 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

AVLV returned more: +100.3% to +90.1%. AVLV swung less: 16.0% to 20.4%. AVLV fell less at its worst: −18.3% to −31.9%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: AVLV vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVLV	SPYG	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+100.3%	+90.1%	AVLV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.7%	+13.5%	AVLV (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+84.5%	+82.7%	AVLV (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.0%	20.4%	AVLV	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.2%	13.5%	AVLV	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.3%	−31.9%	AVLV	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	108.3%	104.2%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	100.6%	103.2%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.06	1.05	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.91	0.92	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.69	0.53	AVLV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.99	0.80	AVLV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.104	0.074		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.80	0.42	AVLV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IWD	IVW		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+2.0% a year	−1.1% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.94	−1.00	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−2.2% to +6.1%	−3.2% to +1.1%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.52	−0.11		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	4.8%	5.6%	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

25%

By the books each fund has filed, AVLV and SPYG hold 25% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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25% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVLV SPYG

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.00000625 3.48% 10.93%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 2.92% 3.65%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.000006 2.91% 3.79%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 2.96% 2.90%

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.00001 2.85% 7.01%

ELI LILLY + CO COMMON STOCK 2.51% 2.84%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO COMMON STOCK USD1.0 2.66% 1.68%

CATERPILLAR INC COMMON STOCK USD1.0 1.06% 0.91%

NETFLIX INC COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.97% 0.72%

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.47% 0.48%

MORGAN STANLEY COMMON STOCK USD.01 1.41% 0.38%

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COMMON STOCK USD.2 1.17% 0.31%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AVLV

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP COMMON STOCK 2.56%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP COMMON STOCK USD.005 2.29%

UNION PACIFIC CORP COMMON STOCK USD2.5 1.69%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 1.54%

WELLS FARGO + CO COMMON STOCK USD1.666 1.39%

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMON STOCK USD.01 1.27%

CSX CORP COMMON STOCK USD1.0 1.16%

TRAVELERS COS INC/THE COMMON STOCK 1.10%

Only in SPYG

ALPHABET INC CL A 5.21%

BROADCOM INC 4.51%

ALPHABET INC CL C 4.17%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 2.80%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.53%

TESLA INC 1.97%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 1.27%

JOHNSON + JOHNSON 1.06%

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Side by side

AVLV Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500 Growth

Total return, 1 year +29.6% +12.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +27.5% (IWD) +12.1% (IVW)

Gap to its benchmark +2.1 pts vs IWD +0.1 pts vs IVW

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 84.3% 100.0%

Holdings 298 152

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $22.4bn $55.9bn

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

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

What each follows. AVLV follows No index, actively managed and SPYG follows S&P 500 Growth Index.
Holdings in common. 25% 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 SPYG +12.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 17.4 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%.

SPYG

SPYG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 152 positions, with the top ten at 59.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVLV or SPYG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLV returned +29.6% and SPYG +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, AVLV or SPYG?: SPYG is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVLV and SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVLV and 100% of SPYG 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 ↗

SPYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYG 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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