Avantis Responsible U.S. Equity ETF
$88.73−0.75 (−0.84%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.15%
- Fund size
- $488M
- 1Y return
- +22.3%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.09%
- Holdings
- 1372
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $89.39
- 52W range
The ETF.net AVSU Grade
Score 65 of 100 sits in the B 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 70Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 74Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 57Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 53Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 68Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 46Category rank
Our read on AVSU
BMost ESG funds hand you a screened S&P 500. AVSU screens the whole US market, roughly 1,300 names across every size, then leans toward cheaper, more profitable companies. A quant tilt wearing a values filter, at 0.15%.
Seeks long-term capital appreciation through a broad portfolio of U.S. companies across market capitalizations. The strategy applies ESG exclusions and emphasizes companies with lower valuations and higher profitability.
Why people hold it
- At 0.15%, it undercuts the median fee in its US ESG peer group, where the typical fund charges 0.25%.
- Roughly 1,300 holdings measured against the Russell 3000, so mid and small caps ride along, not just the S&P 500 names screened by peers like EFIV and XVV.
- The tilts are written into the mandate, not implied: ESG exclusions plus a stated emphasis on lower valuations and higher profitability.
- The portfolio lines up closely with what the prospectus describes, and it stands in the upper half of a crowded US ESG-and-values field.
Worth knowing
- Thinly traded next to the category's household names, so spreads and order size carry more weight here.
- The value and profitability tilts, plus smaller companies, mean it can behave differently from a screened S&P 500 fund for long stretches, in either direction.
- "Responsible" means Avantis's own ESG exclusion rules, not an industry standard. The fund opened in 2022, so its live record is still young.
AVSU Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,372
- 33%
- AAPL
Sectors
- Technology35.2%
- Financials19.2%
- Consumer Discr.12.1%
- Health Care9.8%
- Communication9.3%
- Industrials8.2%
- Cons. Staples4.5%
- Materials1.1%
- Real Estate0.2%
- Utilities0.2%
- Energy0.0%
Geography
- United States97.22%
- Ireland0.95%
- Bermuda0.67%
- Switzerland0.53%
- Puerto Rico0.15%
- United Kingdom0.10%
- Sweden0.08%
- Canada0.08%
- 0.22%
AVSU 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 | AVSU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +18.1% |
| 1 month | +0.4% |
| 3 months | +1.9% |
| 1 year | +22.3% |
| 3 years | +23.0% |
| 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 | AVSU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +18.1% | |
| 2025 | +16.7% | |
| 2024 | +19.2% | |
| 2023 | +24.5% | |
| 2022 | −11.7% |
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AVSU Dividends
- 1.09%
- $0.97
- $0.18 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Sep 10, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Jun 11, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Mar 12, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | $0.22 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.19 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 | $0.22 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 | $0.23 |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Jun 26, 2024 | $0.19 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 25, 2024 | $0.16 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | $0.20 |
AVSU Risk
- 14.5%
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.
- 1.07
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.
- −21.7%
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.
- 1.05
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AVSU Cost
- The middle half of US ESG & Values Index funds
- Median 0.23%
13 of the 48 US ESG & Values Index funds charge less.