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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and DVY +17.1%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or DVY?

AVUV is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVUV and 80% of DVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVUV vs DVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% to DVY's +17.1%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $32.1bn for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF and $23.4bn for iShares Select Dividend ETF.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUV costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 8.0 points; AVUV is 1.4 times larger.

AVUV vs DVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	DVY
Return
Measure	AVUV	DVY
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	+17.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	DVY
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	DVY
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	DVY
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.38%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$32.1bn	$23.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	DVY
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.9%	19.7%

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

Risk and return

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

AVUV DVY

Return

Total return edge AVUV +180.4% +107.8%

Annualized edge AVUV +15.7% +10.9%

Price return edge AVUV +150.6% +60.6%

Risk

Volatility edge DVY 27.5% 20.3%

Max drawdown edge DVY −48.5% −38.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVUV 0.56 0.47

Sortino edge AVUV 0.82 0.66

Calmar edge AVUV 0.32 0.29

Reading

AVUV returned more: +180.4% to +107.8%. DVY swung less: 20.3% to 27.5%. DVY fell less at its worst: −38.1% to −48.5%.

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Risk and return: AVUV vs DVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	DVY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+180.4%	+107.8%	AVUV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.7%	+10.9%	AVUV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+150.6%	+60.6%	AVUV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	27.5%	20.3%	DVY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	18.9%	14.5%	DVY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−48.5%	−38.1%	DVY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.56	0.47	AVUV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.82	0.66	AVUV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.32	0.29	AVUV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

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

By the books each fund has filed, AVUV and DVY hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVUV DVY

CHORD ENERGY CORP COMMON STOCK 0.48% 0.69%

ONEMAIN HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.30% 0.60%

SONOCO PRODUCTS CO COMMON STOCK 0.28% 0.43%

GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.25% 0.25%

VALLEY NATIONAL BANCORP COMMON STOCK 0.23% 0.62%

BANK OZK COMMON STOCK 0.54% 0.19%

LINCOLN NATIONAL CORP COMMON STOCK 0.08% 0.50%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AVUV

MATSON INC COMMON STOCK 0.99%

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%

SKYWEST INC COMMON STOCK 0.73%

Only in DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00%

ONEOK 1.87%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

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Side by side

AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of US dividend

Total return, 1 year +25.1% +17.1%

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% 0.38%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 80.1%

Holdings 791 101

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $32.1bn $23.4bn

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

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AVUV and DVY do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. AVUV follows No index, actively managed and DVY follows Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index.
Holdings in common. 2% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AVUV returned +25.1% and DVY +17.1% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 8.0 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or DVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and DVY +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or DVY?: AVUV is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVUV and DVY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVUV and 80% of DVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DVY ↗

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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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