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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or URTH?

URTH is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do AVUV and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVUV and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVUV vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% to URTH's +13.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $32.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

URTH costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.0 points; AVUV is 3.6 times larger.

AVUV vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	URTH
Return
Measure	AVUV	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	URTH
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	URTH
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	URTH
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$32.1bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	URTH
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.9%	27.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVUV and URTH 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 URTH

CORE NATURAL RESOURCES INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.25% 0.07%

ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.08% 0.04%

EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS INC COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.06% 0.04%

UNITED COMMUNITY BANKS/GA COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.18% 0.04%

ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES INC COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.18% 0.03%

COMMERCIAL BANCGROUP INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.02% 0.03%

TRINITY INDUSTRIES INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.35% 0.02%

CLARUS CORP COMMON STOCK USD.0001 0.01% 0.01%

ORION SA COMMON STOCK 0.06% 0.01%

SIGNET JEWELERS LTD COMMON STOCK USD.18 0.62% 0.01%

TELOS CORPORATION COMMON STOCK USD.001 0.01% 0.02%

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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 URTH

APPLE 5.60%

NVIDIA 5.50%

MICROSOFT 4.12%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.69%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.07%

BROADCOM INC 1.70%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.62%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49%

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Side by side

AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +25.1% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +21.1% (IWN) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark +4.0 pts vs IWN −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 69.1%

Holdings 791 1254

Net assets, AVUV as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $32.1bn $8.9bn

AVUV and URTH 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.

URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or URTH?: URTH is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVUV and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVUV and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for URTH ↗

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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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