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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and XHB −8.6%.

Which is cheaper, AVUV or XHB?

AVUV is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVUV and 46% of XHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AVUV vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVUV returned +25.1% to XHB's −8.6%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $32.1bn for Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF and $1.5bn for State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF.

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At a glance

+25.1%

AVUV total return, 1 year

−8.6%

XHB total return, 1 year

0.25%

AVUV expense ratio

0.35%

XHB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVUV costs 0.10 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 33.7 points; AVUV is far larger, $32.1bn against $1.5bn.

AVUV vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	XHB
Return
Measure	AVUV	XHB
Total return, 1 year	+25.1%	−8.6%
Drawdown
Measure	AVUV	XHB
Below its high	4.4%, high on Aug 4, 2026	20.5%, high on Oct 18, 2024
Benchmark
Measure	AVUV	XHB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVUV	XHB
Expense ratio	0.25%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$32.1bn	$1.5bn
Holdings
Measure	AVUV	XHB
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.9%	35.4%

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

Risk and return

Oct 4, 2019 to Oct 23, 2026 · 368 weekly returns

AVUV XHB

Return

Total return edge AVUV +180.4% +139.8%

Annualized edge AVUV +15.7% +13.2%

Price return edge AVUV +150.6% +125.7%

Risk

Volatility edge AVUV 27.5% 32.5%

Max drawdown edge Tie −48.5% −48.0%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AVUV 0.56 0.46

Sortino edge AVUV 0.82 0.68

Calmar edge AVUV 0.32 0.27

Reading

AVUV returned more: +180.4% to +139.8%. AVUV swung less: 27.5% to 32.5%. AVUV and XHB fell about the same at their worst: −48.5% and −48.0%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: AVUV vs XHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVUV	XHB	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+180.4%	+139.8%	AVUV	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+15.7%	+13.2%	AVUV	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+150.6%	+125.7%	AVUV	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	27.5%	32.5%	AVUV	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	18.9%	21.9%	AVUV	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−48.5%	−48.0%	Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.56	0.46	AVUV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.82	0.68	AVUV	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.32	0.27	AVUV	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 368 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVUV and XHB hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVUV XHB

KB HOME COMMON STOCK USD1.0 0.21% 3.03%

M/I HOMES INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.16% 2.78%

CENTURY COMMUNITIES INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.12% 1.68%

HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES A COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.06% 0.74%

MERITAGE HOMES CORP COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.06% 3.23%

LGI HOMES INC COMMON STOCK USD.01 0.03% 1.36%

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 XHB

ALLEGION PLC 3.83%

SHARKNINJA INC 3.76%

WAYFAIR INC CLASS A 3.63%

WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 3.54%

SIMPSON MANUFACTURING CO INC 3.49%

MASCO CORP 3.49%

JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATION 3.46%

DR HORTON INC 3.41%

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Side by side

AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF XHB State Street SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Homebuilders

Total return, 1 year +25.1% −8.6%

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% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 45.7%

Holdings 791 34

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $32.1bn $1.5bn

AVUV and XHB on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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AVUV and XHB do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. AVUV follows No index, actively managed and XHB follows S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index.
Holdings in common. 1% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AVUV returned +25.1% and XHB −8.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 33.7 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

XHB

XHB tracks the S&P Homebuilders. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −8.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 46% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 34 positions, with the top ten at 35.4%. It sat 20.5% below its high of Oct 18, 2024 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVUV or XHB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVUV returned +25.1% and XHB −8.6%.
Which is cheaper, AVUV or XHB?: AVUV is cheaper, by 0.10 percentage points a year. That is about $10 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVUV and XHB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVUV and 46% of XHB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

AVUV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVUV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

XHB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XHB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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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