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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and IEF −3.2%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or IEF?

IEF is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVUV vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% to IEF's −3.2%; 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 $43.5bn for iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

−3.2%

IEF total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

0.15%

IEF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEF costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 28.3 points; IEF is 1.4 times larger.

AVUV vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	IEF
Return
Measure	AVUV	IEF
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	−3.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	IEF
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026	13.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	IEF
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	IEF
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$32.1bn	$43.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	IEF
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 IEF 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 IEF

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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 IEF

TREASURY NOTE 8.82%

TREASURY NOTE 8.80%

TREASURY NOTE 8.74%

TREASURY NOTE 8.68%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 8.68%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 8.65%

TREASURY NOTE 8.48%

TREASURY NOTE 8.40%

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Side by side

AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +25.1% −3.2%

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% 0.15%

Holdings 791 17

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $32.1bn $43.5bn

AVUV and IEF 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.

IEF

IEF tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 13.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or IEF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and IEF −3.2%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or IEF?: IEF is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

Sources and dates

AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

IEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEF ↗

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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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