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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and VCIT −1.8%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or VCIT?

VCIT 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.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVUV vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% to VCIT's −1.8%; 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 $66.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

−1.8%

VCIT total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

0.03%

VCIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCIT costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 26.9 points.

AVUV vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	VCIT
Return
Measure	AVUV	VCIT
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	−1.8%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	VCIT
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026	3.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	VCIT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	VCIT
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.03%
Net assets, AVUV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026	$32.1bn	$66.6bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	VCIT
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 Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVUV and VCIT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVUV VCIT

Only in one fund ↓

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 VCIT

MKTLIQ 0.58%

Amazon.com Inc 0.29%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.28%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.27%

Boeing Co 0.27%

Bank of America Corp 0.27%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.26%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.26%

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Side by side

AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Avantis Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +25.1% −1.8%

Its benchmark over the same days +21.1% (IWN) −1.8% (SCHI)

Gap to its benchmark +4.0 pts vs IWN 0.0 pts vs SCHI

Expense ratio 0.25% 0.03%

Holdings 791 2340

Net assets, AVUV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $32.1bn $66.6bn

AVUV and VCIT 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.

VCIT

VCIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or VCIT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and VCIT −1.8%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or VCIT?: VCIT 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.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

VCIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCIT ↗

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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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