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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or SIVR?

AVUV is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 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 SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AVUV is an actively managed equity fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% against +15.0%.

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Net assets: $32.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUV costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points.

AVUV vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	SIVR
Return
Measure	AVUV	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	SIVR
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	SIVR
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.30%
Net assets, AVUV as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$32.1bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	SIVR
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 SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Avantis abrdn

What it is Actively managed Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +25.1% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days +21.1% (IWN) +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark +4.0 pts vs IWN +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.30%

Holdings 791 not counted

Net assets, AVUV as of Oct 27, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $32.1bn $3.7bn

AVUV and SIVR 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.

SIVR

Its expense ratio is 0.30% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SIVR holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or SIVR?: AVUV is cheaper, by 0.05 percentage points a year. That is about $5 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) ↗

Avantis website ↗

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