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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and VCLT −5.9%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or VCLT?

VCLT 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.

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AVUV vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% to VCLT's −5.9%; 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 $7.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

−5.9%

VCLT total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

0.03%

VCLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCLT costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 31.0 points.

AVUV vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	VCLT
Return
Measure	AVUV	VCLT
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	−5.9%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	VCLT
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026	17.8%, high on Sep 22, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	VCLT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	VCLT
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.03%
Net assets, AVUV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026	$32.1bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	VCLT
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 VCLT 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 VCLT

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 VCLT

MKTLIQ 1.03%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.37%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.36%

CVS Health Corp 0.33%

Boeing Co 0.27%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.27%

AT&T Inc 0.24%

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Side by side

AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Avantis Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +25.1% −5.9%

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%

Holdings 791 2562

Net assets, AVUV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026 $32.1bn $7.5bn

AVUV and VCLT 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.

VCLT

VCLT tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 17.8% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or VCLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and VCLT −5.9%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or VCLT?: VCLT 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

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

Sources and dates

AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

VCLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCLT ↗

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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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