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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and SPYG +12.2%.

Which is cheaper, AVUS or SPYG?

SPYG is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AVUS and SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVUS and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVUS vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUS returned +18.0% to SPYG's +12.2%; 50% 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 $55.9bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

AVUS total return, 1 year

+12.2%

SPYG total return, 1 year

0.15%

AVUS expense ratio

0.04%

SPYG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYG costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.8 points; SPYG is 3.8 times larger.

AVUS vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUS	SPYG
Return
Measure	AVUS	SPYG
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+12.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUS	SPYG
Below its high		4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUS	SPYG
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P 500 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVUS	SPYG
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$14.8bn	$55.9bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUS	SPYG
Holdings in common	50%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	30.0%	59.6%

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

Risk and return

Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026 · 368 weekly returns

AVUS SPYG

Return

Total return edge SPYG +183.7% +224.6%

Annualized edge SPYG +15.9% +18.1%

Price return edge SPYG +158.5% +205.5%

Risk

Volatility edge AVUS (slight) 19.5% 21.3%

Max drawdown edge SPYG (slight) −35.1% −31.9%

Downside capture 98.3% 103.2%

Beta 1.01 1.05

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge SPYG (slight) 0.71 0.75

Sortino edge SPYG (slight) 1.02 1.13

Treynor 0.136 0.074

Calmar edge SPYG 0.45 0.57

Against the benchmark

Alpha +0.5% a year −1.1% a year

Alpha t-stat 0.37 −1.00

Information ratio 0.18 −0.11

Tracking error 3.4% 5.6%

Each against its own benchmark: AVUS against IWV, Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026; SPYG against IVW, Oct 13, 2000 to Oct 23, 2026.

Reading

SPYG returned more: +224.6% to +183.7%. AVUS swung slightly less: 19.5% to 21.3%. SPYG fell slightly less at its worst: −31.9% to −35.1%.

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Risk and return: AVUS vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUS	SPYG	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+183.7%	+224.6%	SPYG	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.9%	+18.1%	SPYG	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+158.5%	+205.5%	SPYG	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	19.5%	21.3%	AVUS (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	13.6%	14.2%	AVUS (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−35.1%	−31.9%	SPYG (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Upside capture	98.1%	104.2%		Share of its benchmark's rise caught in the weeks it rose.
Downside capture	98.3%	103.2%		Share of its benchmark's fall taken in the weeks it fell. Lower is better.
Beta	1.01	1.05	Not an edge	How far it moves for each 1% its benchmark moves.
R squared	0.97	0.92	Not an edge	Share of its weekly moves its benchmark explains.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.71	0.75	SPYG (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.02	1.13	SPYG (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Treynor	0.136	0.074		Return above Treasury bills per unit of beta.
Calmar	0.45	0.57	SPYG	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.
Against the benchmark
Benchmark	IWV	IVW		The ETF each fund is measured against.
Alpha	+0.5% a year	−1.1% a year	Not significant	Yearly return beyond what its beta to the benchmark predicts.
Alpha t-stat	0.37	−1.00	Not an edge	How sure the alpha is. Below 2, it could be chance.
Alpha range	−2.1% to +3.0%	−3.2% to +1.1%	Includes zero	The 95% range for the yearly alpha.
Information ratio	0.18	−0.11		Return against its benchmark per unit of tracking error.
Tracking error	3.4%	5.6%	Not an edge	How far weekly returns stray from the benchmark, annualized.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 368 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

50%

By the books each fund has filed, AVUS and SPYG hold 50% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

50%

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50% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVUS SPYG

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK USD.00001 5.90% 7.01%

NVIDIA CORP COMMON STOCK USD.001 5.54% 14.61%

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON STOCK USD.00000625 4.71% 10.93%

AMAZON.COM INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 3.39% 3.65%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 2.19% 2.90%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.000006 2.13% 3.79%

ALPHABET INC CL A COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.89% 5.21%

ALPHABET INC CL C COMMON STOCK USD.001 1.52% 4.17%

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO COMMON STOCK USD1.0 1.36% 1.68%

ELI LILLY + CO COMMON STOCK 1.25% 2.84%

BROADCOM INC COMMON STOCK 0.95% 4.51%

VISA INC CLASS A SHARES COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.81% 1.04%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AVUS

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP COMMON STOCK 1.33%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP COMMON STOCK USD.005 0.73%

CHEVRON CORP COMMON STOCK USD.75 0.70%

WALMART INC COMMON STOCK USD.1 0.62%

MERCK + CO. INC. COMMON STOCK USD.5 0.61%

CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.53%

UNION PACIFIC CORP COMMON STOCK USD2.5 0.49%

WELLS FARGO + CO COMMON STOCK USD1.666 0.45%

Only in SPYG

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.49%

WELLTOWER INC 0.45%

EVERPURE INC A 0.13%

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC 0.08%

VENTAS INC 0.06%

TKO GROUP HOLDINGS INC 0.03%

WYNN RESORTS LTD 0.01%

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Side by side

AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500 Growth

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +12.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) +12.1% (IVW)

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs IWV +0.1 pts vs IVW

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.04%

Already in the S&P 500 84.1% 100.0%

Holdings 1943 152

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $14.8bn $55.9bn

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

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AVUS and SPYG do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. AVUS follows No index, actively managed and SPYG follows S&P 500 Growth Index.
Holdings in common. 50% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AVUS returned +18.0% and SPYG +12.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 5.8 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

SPYG

SPYG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 152 positions, with the top ten at 59.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or SPYG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and SPYG +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or SPYG?: SPYG is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVUS and SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVUS and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

SPYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPYG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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