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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or SLV?

AVUV is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVUV vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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AVUV is an actively managed equity fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% against +14.9%.

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Net assets: $32.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUV costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.2 points; AVUV is 1.2 times larger.

AVUV vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	SLV
Return
Measure	AVUV	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	SLV
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	SLV
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	SLV
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$32.1bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	SLV
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 SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Stock ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +25.1% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days +21.1% (IWN) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark +4.0 pts vs IWN −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.50%

Holdings 791 not counted

Net assets, AVUV as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $32.1bn $26.9bn

AVUV and SLV 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.

SLV

Its expense ratio is 0.50% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SLV holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% 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 SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or SLV?: AVUV is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 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 ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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