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AVUS vs XLE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUS returned +18.0% to XLE's +61.2%; 6% 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 $45.2bn for State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF.

AVUS on its own →XLE on its own →
At a glance
+18.0%
AVUS total return, 1 year
+61.2%
XLE total return, 1 year
0.15%
AVUS expense ratio
0.08%
XLE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLE costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 43.2 points; XLE is 3.1 times larger.

AVUS vs XLE: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAVUSXLE
Return
Total return, 1 year+18.0%+61.2%
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedEnergy Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.15%0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$14.8bn$45.2bn
Holdings
Holdings in common6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund30.0%78.1%

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

What they share

6%

By the books each fund has filed, AVUS and XLE hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVUS XLE
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP COMMON STOCK 1.33% 23.98%
CHEVRON CORP COMMON STOCK USD.75 0.70% 18.21%
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.53% 7.18%
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.43% 4.67%
EOG RESOURCES INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.34% 4.07%
WILLIAMS COS INC COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.31% 4.22%
TARGA RESOURCES CORP COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.29% 3.12%
DEVON ENERGY CORP COMMON STOCK USD.1 0.25% 2.71%
PHILLIPS 66 COMMON STOCK 0.25% 4.41%
VALERO ENERGY CORP COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.22% 4.26%
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP COMMON STOCK USD.2 0.20% 2.20%
BAKER HUGHES CO COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.15% 2.82%
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 XLE
XAE ENERGY DEC26 0.01%
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Side by side

AVUS Avantis U.S. Equity ETF XLE State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Avantis State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Energy
Total return, 1 year +18.0% +61.2%
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% 0.08%
Already in the S&P 500 84.1% 99.8%
Holdings 1943 22
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $14.8bn $45.2bn

AVUS and XLE 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%.

XLE

XLE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +61.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% 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 22 positions, with the top ten at 78.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUS or XLE?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUS returned +18.0% and XLE +61.2%.
Which is cheaper, AVUS or XLE?
XLE is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVUS and XLE overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 84% of AVUS and 100% of XLE by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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AVUS on its own →XLE on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AVUS dividend history →AVUS holdings →XLE dividend history →XLE holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
AVUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AVUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Avantis website ↗
XLE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XLE 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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