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AVUS vs TLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUS returned +18.0% to TLT's −7.9%; 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 $47.4bn for iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF.

AVUS on its own →TLT on its own →
At a glance
+18.0%
AVUS total return, 1 year
−7.9%
TLT total return, 1 year
0.15%
AVUS expense ratio
0.15%
TLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 25.9 points; TLT is 3.2 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

AVUS vs TLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAVUSTLT
Return
Total return, 1 year+18.0%−7.9%
Drawdown
Below its high42.6%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.15%0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$14.8bn$47.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight84%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.0%

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, AVUS and TLT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVUS TLT
Only in one fund ↓
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 TLT
TREASURY BOND 4.32%
TREASURY BOND 4.12%
TREASURY BOND (OLD) 4.07%
TREASURY BOND 4.02%
TREASURY BOND 3.93%
TREASURY BOND 3.92%
TREASURY BOND 3.89%
TREASURY BOND 3.88%
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Side by side

AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF
Issuer Avantis iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of 20+ year Treasuries
Total return, 1 year +18.0% −7.9%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (IWV) −7.8% (BBLB)
Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs IWV −0.1 pts vs BBLB
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%
Holdings 1943 47
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $14.8bn $47.4bn

AVUS and TLT 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%.

TLT

TLT tracks an index of 20+ year Treasuries. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −7.9% with distributions reinvested, against −7.8% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. It sat 42.6% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or TLT?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and TLT −7.9%.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or TLT?
Neither: AVUS and TLT both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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AVUS on its own →TLT on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AVUS dividend history →AVUS holdings →TLT dividend history →TLT holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
AVUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AVUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Avantis website ↗
TLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
TLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for TLT ↗

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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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