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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and GOVT −1.5%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or GOVT?

GOVT is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVUV vs GOVT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% to GOVT's −1.5%; 0% 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 $42.8bn for iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

−1.5%

GOVT total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

0.05%

GOVT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GOVT costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 26.6 points; GOVT is 1.3 times larger.

AVUV vs GOVT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	GOVT
Return
Measure	AVUV	GOVT
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	−1.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	GOVT
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026	8.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	GOVT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	GOVT
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$32.1bn	$42.8bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	GOVT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.9%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVUV GOVT

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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 GOVT

TREASURY NOTE 5.17%

TREASURY NOTE 2.98%

TREASURY NOTE 2.12%

TREASURY NOTE 1.95%

TREASURY NOTE 1.65%

TREASURY BOND 1.51%

TREASURY BOND 1.46%

TREASURY BOND 1.42%

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Side by side

AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of U.S. Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +25.1% −1.5%

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% 0.05%

Holdings 791 229

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $32.1bn $42.8bn

AVUV and GOVT 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.

GOVT

GOVT tracks an index of U.S. Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 8.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or GOVT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and GOVT −1.5%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or GOVT?: GOVT is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

GOVT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GOVT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for GOVT ↗

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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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