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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, AVUS or SLV?

AVUS is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVUS vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AVUS is an actively managed equity fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUS returned +18.0% against +14.9%.

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Net assets: $14.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Equity ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+18.0%

AVUS total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVUS expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUS costs 0.35 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.1 points; SLV is 1.8 times larger.

AVUS vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUS	SLV
Return
Measure	AVUS	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUS	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUS	SLV
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	AVUS	SLV
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$14.8bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUS	SLV
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	84%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.0%

Method

Side by side

AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +15.0% (SIVR)

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

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.50%

Holdings 1943 not counted

Net assets, AVUS as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $14.8bn $26.9bn

AVUS and SLV 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%.

SLV

Its expense ratio is 0.50% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SLV holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or SLV?: AVUS is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

AVUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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