Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or AVUV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and AVUV +25.1%.

Which is cheaper, AVUS or AVUV?

AVUS is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AVUS and AVUV overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVUS and 0% of AVUV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVUS vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUS returned +18.0% to AVUV's +25.1%; 6% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $14.8bn for Avantis U.S. Equity ETF and $32.1bn for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

AVUS total return, 1 year

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVUS expense ratio

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUS costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.1 points; AVUV is 2.2 times larger.

AVUS vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUS	AVUV
Return
Measure	AVUS	AVUV
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+25.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUS	AVUV
Below its high		4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUS	AVUV
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AVUS	AVUV
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$14.8bn	$32.1bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUS	AVUV
Holdings in common	6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.0%	7.9%

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

Risk and return

Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026 · 368 weekly returns

AVUS AVUV

Return

Total return edge Tie +183.7% +180.4%

Annualized edge Tie +15.9% +15.7%

Price return edge AVUS (slight) +158.5% +150.6%

Risk

Volatility edge AVUS 19.5% 27.5%

Max drawdown edge AVUS −35.1% −48.5%

Downside capture 98.3% 100.1%

Beta 1.01 1.04

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVUS 0.71 0.56

Sortino edge AVUS 1.02 0.82

Treynor 0.136 0.148

Calmar edge AVUS 0.45 0.32

Against the benchmark

Alpha +0.5% a year +4.3% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.37 1.91

Information ratio 0.18 0.79

Tracking error 3.4% 6.1%

Each against its own benchmark: AVUS against IWV, Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026; AVUV against IWN, Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

AVUS and AVUV returned about the same: +183.7% and +180.4%. AVUS swung less: 19.5% to 27.5%. AVUS fell less at its worst: −35.1% to −48.5%.

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Risk and return: AVUS vs AVUV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUS	AVUV	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+183.7%	+180.4%	Tie	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.9%	+15.7%	Tie	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+158.5%	+150.6%	AVUS (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	19.5%	27.5%	AVUS	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.6%	18.9%	AVUS	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−35.1%	−48.5%	AVUS	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	98.1%	111.7%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	98.3%	100.1%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.01	1.04	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.97	0.95	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.71	0.56	AVUS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.02	0.82	AVUS	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.136	0.148		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.45	0.32	AVUS	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IWV	IWN		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+0.5% a year	+4.3% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.37	1.91	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−2.1% to +3.0%	−0.1% to +8.7%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.18	0.79		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	3.4%	6.1%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 368 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVUS and AVUV hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVUS AVUV

RYDER SYSTEM INC COMMON STOCK USD.5 0.07% 0.49%

JACKSON FINANCIAL INC A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.06% 0.24%

PAYCOM SOFTWARE INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.06% 0.37%

SM ENERGY CO COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.06% 0.83%

VIASAT INC COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.06% 0.72%

ABERCROMBIE + FITCH CO CL A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.05% 0.79%

CHORD ENERGY CORP COMMON STOCK 0.05% 0.48%

MATADOR RESOURCES CO COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.05% 0.46%

OSCAR HEALTH INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.00001 0.05% 0.45%

SSC GOVERNMENT MM GVMXX 0.05% 0.06%

VICTORIA S SECRET + CO COMMON STOCK 0.05% 0.27%

ARCHROCK INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.04% 0.57%

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Only in AVUS

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.00001 5.90%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK USD.001 5.54%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.00000625 4.71%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 3.39%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 2.19%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.000006 2.13%

ALPHABET INC CL A COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.89%

ALPHABET INC CL C COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.52%

Only in AVUV

CALEDONIA MINING CORP PLC COMMON STOCK 0.04%

COSTAMARE BULKERS HOLDING COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.02%

FIRST NATIONAL CORP/VA COMMON STOCK USD1.25 0.02%

MERIDIAN CORP COMMON STOCK 0.02%

VILLAGE FARMS INTERNATIONAL COMMON STOCK 0.02%

ALTO INGREDIENTS INC COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.01%

AMERICAN OUTDOOR BRANDS INC COMMON STOCK 0.01%

AMPCO PITTSBURGH CORP COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.01%

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Side by side

AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis Avantis

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +25.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +21.1% (IWN)

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs IWV +4.0 pts vs IWN

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.25%

Already in the S&P 500 84.1% 0.0%

Holdings 1943 791

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $14.8bn $32.1bn

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

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AVUS and AVUV do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

Holdings in common. 6% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AVUS returned +18.0% and AVUV +25.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 7.1 points.
Cost. AVUS charges 0.15% of assets a year and AVUV 0.25%, a gap of 0.10 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

AVUS

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000.

AVUS 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 1,943 positions, with the top ten at 30.0%.

AVUV

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.1% with distributions reinvested, against +21.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value.

AVUV 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 791 positions, with the top ten at 7.9%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or AVUV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and AVUV +25.1%.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or AVUV?: AVUS is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVUS and AVUV overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVUS and 0% of AVUV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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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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