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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and IEF −3.2%.

Which is cheaper, AVUS or IEF?

Neither: AVUS and IEF both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVUS vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUS returned +18.0% to IEF's −3.2%; 0% 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 $43.5bn for iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

AVUS total return, 1 year

−3.2%

IEF total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVUS expense ratio

0.15%

IEF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 21.2 points; IEF is 2.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AVUS vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUS	IEF
Return
Measure	AVUS	IEF
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	−3.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUS	IEF
Below its high		13.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AVUS	IEF
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVUS	IEF
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$14.8bn	$43.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUS	IEF
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	84%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.0%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVUS and IEF hold 0% 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 AVUS IEF

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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 IEF

TREASURY NOTE 8.82%

TREASURY NOTE 8.80%

TREASURY NOTE 8.74%

TREASURY NOTE 8.68%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 8.68%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 8.65%

TREASURY NOTE 8.48%

TREASURY NOTE 8.40%

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Side by side

AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +18.0% −3.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs IWV not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Holdings 1943 17

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $14.8bn $43.5bn

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

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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%.

IEF

IEF tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.2% with distributions reinvested. It sat 13.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or IEF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and IEF −3.2%.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or IEF?: Neither: AVUS and IEF both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AVUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

IEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEF ↗

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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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