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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and GLD +2.5%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or GLD?

AVUV is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 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 GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AVUV is an actively managed equity fund and GLD a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% against +2.5%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $32.1bn for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF and $135.8bn for SPDR Gold Shares.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

+2.5%

GLD total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

0.40%

GLD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUV costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 22.6 points; GLD is 4.2 times larger.

AVUV vs GLD: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	GLD
Return
Measure	AVUV	GLD
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	+2.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	GLD
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026	24.7%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	GLD
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Gold
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	GLD
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.40%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$32.1bn	$135.8bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	GLD
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.9%

Method

Side by side

AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF GLD SPDR Gold Shares

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Holds gold

Total return, 1 year +25.1% +2.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +21.1% (IWN) +2.7% (IAU)

Gap to its benchmark +4.0 pts vs IWN −0.2 pts vs IAU

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.40%

Holdings 791 not counted

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $32.1bn $135.8bn

AVUV and GLD 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.

GLD

Its expense ratio is 0.40% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

GLD holds gold. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.5% with distributions reinvested, against +2.7% for its benchmark, the price of gold. It sat 24.7% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or GLD?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and GLD +2.5%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or GLD?: AVUV is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 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) ↗

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State Street website ↗

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