Which returned more over the last year, AVSC or FYC?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVSC returned +23.6% and FYC +21.7%.

Which is cheaper, AVSC or FYC?

AVSC is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AVSC and FYC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVSC and 0% of FYC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVSC vs FYC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVSC returned +23.6% to FYC's +21.7%; 16% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $2.8bn on May 31, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF, and $1.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund.

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At a glance

+23.6%

AVSC total return, 1 year

+21.7%

FYC total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVSC expense ratio

0.70%

FYC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVSC costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points.

AVSC vs FYC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVSC	FYC
Return
Measure	AVSC	FYC
Total return, 1 year	+23.6%	+21.7%
Drawdown
Measure	AVSC	FYC
Below its high	5.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026	8.6%, high on Jun 30, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVSC	FYC
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Nasdaq AlphaDEX Small Cap Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVSC	FYC
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.70%
Net assets, AVSC as of May 31, 2026 and FYC as of Oct 27, 2026	$2.8bn	$1.3bn
Holdings
Measure	AVSC	FYC
Holdings in common	16%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	3.4%	7.7%

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

Risk and return

Jan 21, 2022 to Oct 23, 2026 · 248 weekly returns

AVSC FYC

Return

Total return edge FYC +62.2% +79.3%

Annualized edge FYC +10.7% +13.0%

Price return edge FYC +52.9% +76.6%

Risk

Volatility edge AVSC (slight) 20.5% 21.8%

Max drawdown edge Tie −25.5% −25.5%

Downside capture 96.9% 112.5%

Beta 0.96 1.19

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FYC 0.40 0.48

Sortino edge FYC 0.58 0.72

Treynor 0.085 0.100

Calmar edge FYC 0.42 0.51

Against the benchmark

Alpha +2.1% a year −2.4% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.89 −0.92

Information ratio 0.35 −0.02

Tracking error 5.2% 10.8%

Each against its own benchmark: AVSC against IWM, Jan 21, 2022 to Oct 23, 2026; FYC against IWV, Apr 29, 2011 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

FYC returned more: +79.3% to +62.2%. AVSC swung slightly less: 20.5% to 21.8%. AVSC and FYC fell about the same at their worst: −25.5% and −25.5%.

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Risk and return: AVSC vs FYC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVSC	FYC	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+62.2%	+79.3%	FYC	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.7%	+13.0%	FYC	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+52.9%	+76.6%	FYC	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	20.5%	21.8%	AVSC (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	14.0%	14.5%	AVSC (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−25.5%	−25.5%	Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	96.8%	122.2%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	96.9%	112.5%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	0.96	1.19	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.94	0.78	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.40	0.48	FYC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.58	0.72	FYC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.085	0.100		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.42	0.51	FYC	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IWM	IWV		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+2.1% a year	−2.4% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.89	−0.92	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−2.5% to +6.7%	−7.6% to +2.7%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.35	−0.02		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	5.2%	10.8%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 248 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

16%

By the books each fund has filed, AVSC and FYC hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVSC FYC

TENABLE HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.37% 0.68%

GRAIL INC COMMON STOCK 0.36% 0.55%

IOVANCE BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC COMMON STOCK USD.000041666 0.32% 0.62%

DELEK US HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.31% 0.62%

OPENLANE INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.27% 0.28%

CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.25% 0.54%

CAREDX INC COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.24% 0.69%

AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.22% 0.22%

AZZ INC COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.22% 0.26%

DIGI INTERNATIONAL INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.21% 0.66%

NICOLET BANKSHARES INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.21% 0.27%

YETI HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.21% 0.38%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AVSC

ABERCROMBIE + FITCH CO CL A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.35%

HAEMONETICS CORP/MASS COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.34%

CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PAR COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.33%

INTERNATIONAL SEAWAYS INC COMMON STOCK 0.33%

SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTE COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.33%

LIVANOVA PLC COMMON STOCK GBP1.0 0.32%

CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC/THE COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.31%

FRONTDOOR INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.31%

Only in FYC

Appian Corporation 0.90%

Amplitude, Inc. (Class A) 0.79%

Netskope, Inc. (Class A) 0.76%

Heartflow, Inc. 0.74%

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 0.72%

RXO, Inc. 0.72%

agilon health, inc. 0.72%

Asana, Inc. (Class A) 0.71%

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Side by side

AVSC Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF FYC First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis First Trust

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +23.6% +21.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.1% (IWM) +13.3% (IWV)

Gap to its benchmark +9.5 pts vs IWM +8.4 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.70%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1540 264

Net assets, AVSC as of May 31, 2026 and FYC as of Oct 27, 2026 $2.8bn $1.3bn

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

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AVSC and FYC are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. AVSC follows No index, actively managed and FYC follows Nasdaq AlphaDEX Small Cap Growth Index.
Holdings in common. 16% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
Number of holdings. AVSC holds 1,540 positions and FYC holds 264.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

AVSC

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +23.6% with distributions reinvested, against +14.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000.

AVSC is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,540 positions, with the top ten at 3.4%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

FYC

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

FYC tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.70% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 264 positions, with the top ten at 7.7%. It sat 8.6% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVSC or FYC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVSC returned +23.6% and FYC +21.7%.
Which is cheaper, AVSC or FYC?: AVSC is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVSC and FYC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVSC and 0% of FYC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVSC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVSC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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FYC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FYC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FYC ↗

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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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