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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and SHY +1.6%.

Which is cheaper, AVUS or SHY?

Neither: AVUS and SHY 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 SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUS returned +18.0% to SHY's +1.6%; 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 $27.4bn for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

AVUS total return, 1 year

+1.6%

SHY total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVUS expense ratio

0.15%

SHY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 16.4 points; SHY is 1.9 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AVUS vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUS	SHY
Return
Measure	AVUS	SHY
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+1.6%
Benchmark
Measure	AVUS	SHY
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVUS	SHY
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$14.8bn	$27.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUS	SHY
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 SHY 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 SHY

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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 SHY

TREASURY NOTE 2.11%

TREASURY NOTE 1.99%

TREASURY NOTE 1.83%

TREASURY NOTE 1.73%

TREASURY NOTE 1.62%

TREASURY NOTE 1.54%

TREASURY NOTE 1.51%

TREASURY NOTE 1.49%

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Side by side

AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +1.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +1.7% (BBSB)

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs IWV −0.1 pts vs BBSB

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Holdings 1943 90

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $14.8bn $27.4bn

AVUS and SHY 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%.

SHY

SHY tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested, against +1.7% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or SHY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and SHY +1.6%.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or SHY?: Neither: AVUS and SHY 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 ↗

SHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SHY ↗

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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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