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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +21.6% and IEF returned −2.7%, so AVUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, AVUS or IEF?

AVUS charges 0.15% a year and IEF charges 0.15%, so AVUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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AVUS vs IEF: how they differ

AVUS and IEF hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and AVUS returned more over the year.

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, AVUS and IEF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in AVUS	Only in IEF
NVIDIA Corp 5.49%	TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 9.35%
Apple Inc 5.37%	TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 8.64%
Microsoft Corp 3.85%	TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 3.84%
Amazon.com Inc 3.68%	TREASURY BOND 0.77%
Alphabet Inc 2.42%	TREASURY NOTE 0.52%
Micron Technology Inc 2.40%
Meta Platforms Inc 2.21%
Alphabet Inc 1.94%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

AVUS and IEF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF	IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Avantis	iShares
What it is	U.S. Equity	7-10 Year Treasury Bond
Total return, 1 year	+21.6%	−2.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+4.1 pts	−20.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Holdings	1875	15

AVUS in plain words

AVUS is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Equity. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1875 positions, with the top ten at 29.7%.

IEF in plain words

IEF is a bond fund tracking the 7-10 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 13.3% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or IEF?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +21.6% and IEF returned −2.7%, so AVUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or IEF?: AVUS charges 0.15% a year and IEF charges 0.15%, so AVUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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