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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVSC returned +23.6% and FYX +26.2%.

Which is cheaper, AVSC or FYX?

AVSC is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVSC vs FYX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVSC returned +23.6% to FYX's +26.2%; 42% 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 $1.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust Small Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund.

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At a glance

+23.6%

AVSC total return, 1 year

+26.2%

FYX total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVSC expense ratio

0.58%

FYX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVSC costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points.

AVSC vs FYX: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVSC	FYX
Return
Measure	AVSC	FYX
Total return, 1 year	+23.6%	+26.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AVSC	FYX
Below its high	5.0%, high on Aug 14, 2026	5.0%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVSC	FYX
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Nasdaq AlphaDEX Small Cap Core Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVSC	FYX
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.58%
Net assets, AVSC as of May 31, 2026 and FYX as of Oct 27, 2026	$2.8bn	$1.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AVSC	FYX
Holdings in common	42%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	3.4%	3.9%

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

Risk and return

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

AVSC FYX

Return

Total return edge FYX (slight) +62.2% +64.1%

Annualized edge FYX (slight) +10.7% +10.9%

Price return edge FYX (slight) +52.9% +55.5%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 20.5% 20.5%

Max drawdown edge FYX (slight) −25.5% −24.9%

Downside capture 96.9% 110.3%

Beta 0.96 1.19

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge FYX (slight) 0.40 0.41

Sortino edge FYX (slight) 0.58 0.60

Treynor 0.085 0.086

Calmar edge FYX (slight) 0.42 0.44

Against the benchmark

Alpha +2.1% a year −1.6% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.89 −0.62

Information ratio 0.35 0.02

Tracking error 5.2% 12.0%

Each against its own benchmark: AVSC against IWM, Jan 21, 2022 to Oct 23, 2026; FYX against IWV, May 18, 2007 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

FYX returned slightly more: +64.1% to +62.2%. AVSC and FYX swung about the same: 20.5% and 20.5%. FYX fell slightly less at its worst: −24.9% to −25.5%.

Full scorecard

19 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: AVSC vs FYX: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVSC	FYX	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+62.2%	+64.1%	FYX (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.7%	+10.9%	FYX (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+52.9%	+55.5%	FYX (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	20.5%	20.5%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	14.0%	13.9%	Tie	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−25.5%	−24.9%	FYX (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	96.8%	122.6%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	96.9%	110.3%		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	0.41	FYX (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.58	0.60	FYX (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.085	0.086		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.42	0.44	FYX (slight)	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	−1.6% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.89	−0.62	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−2.5% to +6.7%	−6.7% to +3.5%	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%	12.0%	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

42%

By the books each fund has filed, AVSC and FYX hold 42% 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 AVSC FYX

TENABLE HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.37% 0.33%

DELEK US HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.31% 0.30%

BREAD FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.27% 0.32%

GRAIL INC COMMON STOCK 0.36% 0.26%

CINEMARK HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.25% 0.26%

CAREDX INC COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.24% 0.33%

IOVANCE BIOTHERAPEUTICS INC COMMON STOCK USD.000041666 0.32% 0.24%

SIGNET JEWELERS LTD COMMON STOCK USD.18 0.24% 0.28%

UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS/GA COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.24% 0.27%

ACADEMY SPORTS + OUTDOORS IN COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.23% 0.38%

KORN FERRY COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.22% 0.26%

DIGI INTERNATIONAL INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.21% 0.32%

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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 FYX

Appian Corporation 0.43%

Amplitude, Inc. (Class A) 0.38%

Everforth Incorporated 0.37%

Heartflow, Inc. 0.36%

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 0.35%

AtriCure, Inc. 0.33%

Braze, Inc. (Class A) 0.33%

Clover Health Investments, Corp. 0.33%

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Side by side

AVSC Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF FYX First Trust Small Cap Core 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% +26.2%

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

Gap to its benchmark +9.5 pts vs IWM +12.9 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.58%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 1540 525

Net assets, AVSC as of May 31, 2026 and FYX as of Oct 27, 2026 $2.8bn $1.4bn

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

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AVSC and FYX 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 FYX follows Nasdaq AlphaDEX Small Cap Core Index.
Holdings in common. 42% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AVSC returned +23.6% and FYX +26.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.6 points.

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.

FYX

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +26.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

FYX tracks an index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.58% 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 525 positions, with the top ten at 3.9%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVSC or FYX?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVSC returned +23.6% and FYX +26.2%.
Which is cheaper, AVSC or FYX?: AVSC is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVSC and FYX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVSC and 0% of FYX 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) ↗

Avantis website ↗

FYX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FYX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for FYX ↗

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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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