Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or BWET?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and BWET +5,121.7%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or BWET?

AVUV is cheaper, by 4.43 percentage points a year. That is about $443 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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AVUV vs BWET: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AVUV is an actively managed equity fund and BWET a commodity futures fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BWET returned +5,121.7% against +25.1%.

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Net assets: $32.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF, and $178m on Oct 28, 2026 for Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

+5,121.7%

BWET total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

4.68%

BWET expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUV costs 4.43 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5096.6 points; AVUV is far larger, $32.0bn against $186m.

AVUV vs BWET: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	BWET
Return
Measure	AVUV	BWET
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	+5,121.7%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	BWET
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026	11.2%, high on Oct 8, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	BWET
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Tanker freight futures
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	BWET
Expense ratio	0.25%	4.68%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$32.0bn	$186m
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	BWET
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.9%

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Side by side

AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF BWET Breakwave Tanker Shipping ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Avantis Breakwave

What it is Actively managed Holds tanker freight futures

Total return, 1 year +25.1% +5,121.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +21.1% (IWN) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +4.0 pts vs IWN not measured

Expense ratio 0.25% 4.68%

Holdings 791 not counted

Net assets, AVUV as of Oct 27, 2026 and BWET as of Oct 28, 2026 $32.1bn $178m

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

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About each fund

AVUV

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.1% with distributions reinvested, against +21.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Value.

AVUV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 791 positions, with the top ten at 7.9%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

BWET

Its expense ratio is 4.68%, for the year to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-K states.

BWET holds tanker freight futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +5,121.7% with distributions reinvested. It sat 11.2% below its high of Oct 8, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or BWET?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and BWET +5,121.7%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or BWET?: AVUV is cheaper, by 4.43 percentage points a year. That is about $443 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

Breakwave page for BWET ↗

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