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AVUV vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% to ITOT's +13.4%; 1% 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 $97.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance
+25.1%
AVUV total return, 1 year
+13.4%
ITOT total return, 1 year
0.25%
AVUV expense ratio
0.03%
ITOT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.7 points; ITOT is 3.0 times larger.

AVUV vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAVUVITOT
Return
Total return, 1 year+25.1%+13.4%
Drawdown
Below its high4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P Total Market Index (TMI)
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.25%0.03%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$32.1bn$97.1bn
Holdings
Holdings in common1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund7.9%33.9%

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

Risk and return

Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026 · 368 weekly returns
AVUV ITOT
Return
Total return edge AVUV (slight) +180.4% +175.2%
Annualized edge Tie +15.7% +15.4%
Price return edge Tie +150.6% +148.8%
Risk
Volatility edge ITOT 27.5% 19.2%
Max drawdown edge ITOT −48.5% −33.2%
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe edge ITOT 0.56 0.69
Sortino edge ITOT 0.82 1.00
Calmar edge ITOT 0.32 0.46
Reading

AVUV returned slightly more: +180.4% to +175.2%. ITOT swung less: 19.2% to 27.5%. ITOT fell less at its worst: −33.2% to −48.5%.

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Risk and return: AVUV vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAVUVITOTEdgeHow it is measured
Return
Total return+180.4%+175.2%AVUV (slight)Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized+15.7%+15.4%TieTotal return as a yearly rate.
Price return+150.6%+148.8%TiePrice change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility27.5%19.2%ITOTSpread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation18.9%13.2%ITOTLike volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown−48.5%−33.2%ITOTDeepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe0.560.69ITOTReturn above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino0.821.00ITOTReturn above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar0.320.46ITOTAnnualized 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

1%

By the books each fund has filed, AVUV and ITOT hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVUV ITOT
ABERCROMBIE + FITCH CO CL A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.79% 0.01%
ACADEMY SPORTS + OUTDOORS IN COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.44% 0.01%
ALASKA AIR GROUP INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.39% 0.01%
AMERIS BANCORP COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.10% 0.01%
ARCHROCK INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.57% 0.01%
ARROW ELECTRONICS INC COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.03% 0.01%
ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.13% 0.01%
ASSOCIATED BANC CORP COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.42% 0.01%
AVNET INC COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.30% 0.01%
AXIS CAPITAL HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK USD.0125 0.21% 0.01%
AXOS FINANCIAL INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.50% 0.01%
BANK OZK COMMON STOCK 0.54% 0.01%
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Only in AVUV
DHT HOLDINGS INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.38%
TEEKAY TANKERS LTD CLASS A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.29%
BANK OF N.T. BUTTERFIELD+SON COMMON STOCK BMD1.0 0.27%
SCORPIO TANKERS INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.25%
PAGAYA TECHNOLOGIES LTD A COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.20%
KIMBELL ROYALTY PARTNERS LP UNIT 0.17%
SFL CORP LTD COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.16%
PREFERRED BANK/LOS ANGELES COMMON STOCK 0.14%
Only in ITOT
NVIDIA 7.06%
APPLE 6.78%
MICROSOFT 5.28%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.32%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52%
BROADCOM INC 2.18%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.02%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.83%
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Side by side

AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer Avantis iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market
Total return, 1 year +25.1% +13.4%
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% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 88.1%
Holdings 791 2443
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $32.1bn $97.1bn

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

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-C840D63C9E

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

  1. What each follows. AVUV follows No index, actively managed and ITOT follows S&P Total Market Index (TMI).
  2. Holdings in common. 1% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
  3. One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AVUV returned +25.1% and ITOT +13.4% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 11.7 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.

ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,443 positions, with the top ten at 33.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or ITOT?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and ITOT +13.4%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or ITOT?
ITOT is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVUV and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVUV and 88% of ITOT 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) ↗
Avantis website ↗
ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for ITOT ↗

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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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