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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLV returned +29.6% and USO +133.3%.

Which is cheaper, AVLV or USO?

AVLV is cheaper, by 0.71 percentage points a year. That is about $71 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVLV vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AVLV is an actively managed equity fund and USO a commodity futures fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USO returned +133.3% against +29.6%.

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Net assets: $22.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF, and $1.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for United States Oil Fund, LP.

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At a glance

+29.6%

AVLV total return, 1 year

+133.3%

USO total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVLV expense ratio

0.86%

USO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVLV costs 0.71 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 103.7 points; AVLV is 11.8 times larger.

AVLV vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVLV	USO
Return
Measure	AVLV	USO
Total return, 1 year	+29.6%	+133.3%
Drawdown
Measure	AVLV	USO
Below its high		82.3%, high on Jul 14, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	AVLV	USO
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Oil futures
Cost and size
Measure	AVLV	USO
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.86%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$22.4bn	$1.9bn
Holdings
Measure	AVLV	USO
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 USO United States Oil Fund, LP

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Avantis USCF

What it is Actively managed Holds oil futures

Total return, 1 year +29.6% +133.3%

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% 0.86%

Holdings 298 not counted

Net assets, AVLV as of Oct 27, 2026 and USO as of Oct 28, 2026 $22.4bn $1.9bn

AVLV and USO 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%.

USO

USO holds oil futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +133.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.86% a year. It sat 82.3% below its high of Jul 14, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVLV or USO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVLV returned +29.6% and USO +133.3%.
Which is cheaper, AVLV or USO?: AVLV is cheaper, by 0.71 percentage points a year. That is about $71 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AVLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVLV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

USCF website ↗

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