Are AVUS and LYTE in the same category?

AVUS is a stock ETF and LYTE is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

Which is cheaper, AVUS or LYTE?

AVUS is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVUS vs LYTE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AVUS and LYTE are measured over different days, and AVUS charges 0.15% to LYTE's 0.65%.

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Net assets: $14.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Equity ETF, and $165m on Oct 28, 2026 for Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

AVUS total return, 1 year

−19.6%

LYTE total return, since launch, Aug 6, 2026

0.15%

AVUS expense ratio

0.65%

LYTE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUS costs 0.50 points a year less; AVUS is far larger, $14.8bn against $163m.

AVUS vs LYTE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUS	LYTE
Return
Measure	AVUS	LYTE
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	not published
Drawdown
Measure	AVUS	LYTE
Below its all-time high		28.5%, high on Aug 17, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUS	LYTE
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Photonics and optics
Cost and size
Measure	AVUS	LYTE
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.65%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$14.8bn	$163m
Holdings
Measure	AVUS	LYTE
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	84%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.0%

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Side by side

AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF LYTE Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Thematic ETF

Issuer Avantis Roundhill

What it is Actively managed Photonics and optics

Total return, 1 year +18.0% −19.6% (since launch, Aug 6, 2026)

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% 0.65%

Holdings 1943 not yet filed

Net assets, AVUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and LYTE as of Oct 28, 2026 $14.8bn $165m

AVUS and LYTE 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%.

LYTE

LYTE has no public holdings filing captured yet. Since it first traded on Aug 6, 2026 the fund returned −19.6% with distributions reinvested. It sits 28.5% below its all-time high of Aug 17, 2026.

Questions people ask

Are AVUS and LYTE in the same category?: AVUS is a stock ETF and LYTE is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or LYTE?: AVUS is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for 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 ↗

LYTE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

LYTE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Roundhill page for LYTE ↗

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