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Avantis Credit ETF

AVGBNasdaqB

$49.90+0.01 (+0.03%)

At close: Oct 13, 2026, 4:00 PM

B68/ 100

Rank 14 of 49 in Investment Grade Corporate

B68/100Rank 14 of 49inInvestment Grade Corporate
Intraday session: up, 14 prints from 49.88 to 49.90. Range 49.86 to 49.92. Use the arrow keys to read each point.49.8649.8749.9149.9210 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.19%
Fund size
$65M
1Y total return
+0.4%
Yield · Last 12 months
3.66%
Holdings
222
Avg volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$49.83
52W range
low $49.52high $52.07
Launched

The ETF.net AVGB Grade

B

Score 68 out of 100

Category
Investment Grade Corporate⁠
Rank
14 of 49
Six-pillar profile for AVGB. Scores out of 100: Cost 68, Risk 81, Mission 85, Tradability 52, Holdings 49, Durability 45. Strongest: Mission (85). Weakest: Durability (45). Leans toward Mission and Risk.

Score 68 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    B68 out of 100
    Rank 15 of 49

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A85 out of 100
    Rank 33 of 45

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    A81 out of 100
    Rank 4 of 49

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    C52 out of 100
    Rank 23 of 49

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    C49 out of 100
    Rank 31 of 49

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    C45 out of 100
    Rank 33 of 49

Our read on AVGB

ETF.net Research

BA 2025 arrival from Avantis: roughly 160 investment-grade credit holdings run to a one-line mandate (maximize total return), developed-market issuers included, at a fee sitting right on the category median.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to maximize total return.

Why people hold it

  1. 01The mandate is refreshingly plain: maximize total return from a credit portfolio of roughly 160 holdings, not a thousand-line index replica.res.avantisinvestors.com
  2. 020.19% a year lands exactly on the median fee for investment-grade corporate bond ETFs. No newcomer premium for the newer approach.
  3. 03The credit net stretches past US borders into developed international issuers, wider than a purely domestic corporate lineup.res.avantisinvestors.com
  4. 04Cash comes quarterly, with no advertised target yield to reverse-engineer. Payouts follow what the bonds throw off.res.avantisinvestors.com

Worth knowing

  1. 01The index heavyweights in this category charge a sliver of that fee: VCIT at 0.03%, USIG, SPIB and IGIB at 0.04%.
  2. 02Still a small, thinly traded fund, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than the category's giants and trade size matters more.
  3. 03It opened in April 2025. That is a thin track record next to peers with decades of behavior on the tape.

AVGB Holdings

As of Oct 13, 2026
Asset class
Bonds
Holdings
222
Top-10 weight
12%
Largest holding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab Regs 04/33 3.51.3%

Geography

  • United States84.34%
  • Canada6.21%
  • France4.41%
  • Germany3.22%
  • Italy1.01%
  • Switzerland0.59%
  • Denmark0.21%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 15.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—Svenska Handelsbanken Ab Regs 04/33 3.51.35%800,000$859K6
002—Treasury Bill 10/26 0.000001.18%750,000$750K23
003—Treasury Bill 10/26 0.000001.18%750,000$749K16
004—Treasury Bill 10/26 0.000001.18%750,000$749K19
005—Treasury Bill 11/26 0.000001.17%750,000$748K17
006—Treasury Bill 11/26 0.000001.17%750,000$747K25
007—Treasury Bill 11/26 0.000001.17%750,000$746K17
008—Treasury Bill 12/26 0.000001.17%750,000$745K19
009—Meta Platforms Inc Sr Unsecured 11/35 4.8751.14%800,000$725K37
010—Eaton Corp Company Guar 03/31 4.21.12%750,000$713K33
011—Canadian Natl Railway Sr Unsecured 03/31 4.21.04%700,000$664K25
012—Dhl AG Sr Unsecured Regs 12/28 1.6251.02%600,000$649K5
013—Capital One Financial Co Sr Unsecured 07/30 Var1.01%645,000$643K22
014—Verizon Communications Sr Unsecured 09/35 5.851.00%650,000$637K26
015—National Rural Util Coop Sr Unsecured 08/28 4.150.97%630,000$619K26

Showing 1–15 of 222 holdings

AVGB Performance

Launched Apr 15, 2025

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AVGB$10,044
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$12,044
Oct 10, 2025 to Oct 12, 2026. AVGB $10,044. SPY $12,044. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$9,582$10,912$12,243Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 10, 2025 – Oct 12, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for AVGB. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodAVGB
Year to date−0.3%
1 month−0.2%
3 months−1.2%
1 year+0.4%
3 yearsFund is under 3 years oldper year—
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper year—
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper year—

As of the close, with distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for AVGB
YearReturn barAVGB
2026 YTD−0.3%
2025+4.9%

History from Apr 17, 2025

AVGB in the news

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AVGB Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 12, 2026.
3.66%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.83Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.50 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2025–2026

One bar per payment. 5 payments from 2025 to 2026 YTD. Jun 24, 2025 $0.39; Sep 23, 2025 $0.33; Dec 16, 2025 $1.06; Jun 9, 2026 $0.27; Sep 8, 2026 $0.50. Use the arrow keys to read each point.20252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 8, 2026Sep 10, 2026$0.50
Jun 9, 2026Jun 11, 2026$0.27
Dec 16, 2025Dec 18, 2025$1.06
Sep 23, 2025Sep 25, 2025$0.33
Jun 24, 2025Jun 26, 2025$0.39

AVGB Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
2.6%
Annualised · 17 months to Sep 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
−0.61
vs 3-month T-bills · 17 months to Sep 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−2.3%
17 months · trough Sep 2026
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.12
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

AVGB Cost

Expense ratio0.19%
  • The middle half of Investment Grade Corporate funds
  • Median 0.29%

15 of the 49 Investment Grade Corporate funds charge less.

AVGB costs $19.00 a year on $10,000. The median Investment Grade Corporate fund costs $29.00.

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