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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and DFUS +13.8%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or DFUS?

DFUS is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AVUV and DFUS overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVUV and 89% of DFUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVUV vs DFUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% to DFUS's +13.8%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $32.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF, and $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

+13.8%

DFUS total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

0.09%

DFUS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DFUS costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.3 points.

AVUV vs DFUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	DFUS
Return
Measure	AVUV	DFUS
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	+13.8%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	DFUS
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	DFUS
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	DFUS
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.09%
Net assets, AVUV as of Oct 27, 2026 and DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026	$32.1bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	DFUS
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.9%	34.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVUV and DFUS hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVUV DFUS

COLUMBIA BANKING SYSTEM INC COMMON STOCK 0.28% 0.01%

LITHIA MOTORS INC COMMON STOCK 0.39% 0.01%

VISTANCE NETWORKS INC COMMON STOCK 0.22% 0.01%

CHORD ENERGY CORP COMMON STOCK 0.48% 0.01%

LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP COMMON STOCK 0.08% 0.01%

NEWMARKET CORP COMMON STOCK 0.44% 0.01%

VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP COMMON STOCK 0.23% 0.01%

MATSON INC COMMON STOCK 0.99% 0.01%

VICTORIA S SECRET + CO COMMON STOCK 0.27% 0.01%

BANK OZK COMMON STOCK 0.54% 0.01%

SONOCO PRODUCTS CO COMMON STOCK 0.28% 0.01%

UFP INDUSTRIES INC COMMON STOCK 0.02% 0.01%

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GATX CORP COMMON STOCK USD.625 0.89%

SM ENERGY CO COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.83%

ABERCROMBIE + FITCH CO CL A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.79%

LYFT INC A COMMON STOCK USD.00001 0.77%

MACY S INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.77%

MURPHY OIL CORP COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.73%

VIASAT INC COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.72%

LEAR CORP COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.70%

Only in DFUS

NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.75%

APPLE INC. 6.45%

MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.99%

AMAZON.COM, INC. 3.83%

ALPHABET INC. 3.00%

BROADCOM INC. 2.63%

ALPHABET INC. 2.48%

META PLATFORMS, INC. 1.77%

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Side by side

AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis Dimensional

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +25.1% +13.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +21.1% (IWN) +13.3% (IWV)

Gap to its benchmark +4.0 pts vs IWN +0.5 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 89.4%

Holdings 791 2236

Net assets, AVUV as of Oct 27, 2026 and DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 $32.1bn $20.9bn

AVUV and DFUS 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.

DFUS

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

DFUS is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,236 positions, with the top ten at 34.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or DFUS?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and DFUS +13.8%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or DFUS?: DFUS is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVUV and DFUS overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVUV and 89% of DFUS by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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AVUV on its own →DFUS on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AVUV dividend history →AVUV holdings →DFUS dividend history →DFUS holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Dimensional 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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