Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF
$70.26−0.62 (−0.87%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.25%
- Fund size
- $3.1B
- 1Y return
- +23.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.24%
- Holdings
- 1540
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $70.54
- 52W range
The ETF.net AVSC Grade
Score 86 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 100Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 60Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 84Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 93Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 86Category rank
Our read on AVSC
AAvantis's whole-field small cap fund: roughly 1,500 US small companies in one ticker, run by the manager's own rules rather than a published index, at 0.25% a year.
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation and invests primarily in a diversified group of U.S. small-cap companies across market sectors and industries, with at least 80% of assets normally invested in U.S. small-cap equity securities.
Why people hold it
- 0.25% a year versus a 0.52% median for active US small-cap funds. Less than half the going rate for a hands-on manager.
- Roughly 1,500 holdings spread across sectors and industries, so one small-cap blowup barely dents the fund.
- One of the strongest all-round implementations in the active US small-cap group on cost, portfolio build and ease of trading.
- Pays quarterly, trades with steady daily volume, and pulled in over a billion dollars since its 2022 launch.
Worth knowing
- Undiluted small-cap equity, kept at least 80% invested in the asset class. It rides the small-cap cycle with deeper swings than a large-cap fund.
- No declared index to check it against. The manager's stock-selection rules are the product, so you are buying a process, not a published benchmark.
- Its sibling AVUV works the value slice of the same universe at the same 0.25%. Own both and you are doubling up on overlapping small-cap names.
AVSC Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,540
- 3%
- INSW
Geography
- United States94.74%
- Bermuda2.56%
- United Kingdom0.61%
- Canada0.49%
- Puerto Rico0.48%
- Switzerland0.34%
- Monaco0.23%
- Israel0.15%
- 0.40%
AVSC Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 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.
| Period | AVSC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +21.6% |
| 1 month | −3.7% |
| 3 months | +0.2% |
| 1 year | +23.9% |
| 3 years | +18.8% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | AVSC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +21.6% | |
| 2025 | +9.4% | |
| 2024 | +7.8% | |
| 2023 | +19.3% | |
| 2022 | −11.7% |
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AVSC Dividends
- 1.24%
- $0.88
- $0.21 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Sep 10, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Jun 11, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Mar 12, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 | $0.20 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 | $0.12 |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Jun 26, 2024 | $0.19 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 25, 2024 | $0.13 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | $0.16 |
AVSC Risk
- 19.8%
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.
- 0.67
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.
- −28.4%
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.
- 1.03
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AVSC Cost
- The middle half of US Active Small-Cap funds
- Median 0.55%
No US Active Small-Cap fund charges less.