Category Review
US multifactor funds ran 30 points apart
Avantis U.S. Equity ETF
$130.57+0.03 (+0.02%)
- 0.15%
- $14.9B
- +24.4%
- 0.92%
- 0.3M sh
- $130.48
- low $105.72high $132.81
The ETF.net AVUS Grade
A
Score 76 out of 100
- 11 of 99
Score 76 of 100 falls in the A 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.A84 out of 100Rank 12 of 99Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A81 out of 100Rank 43 of 86Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B61 out of 100Rank 29 of 97Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A91 out of 100Rank 4 of 99Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.C48 out of 100Rank 62 of 98Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A72 out of 100Rank 21 of 99
Our read on AVUS
AMost multifactor funds outsource the job to an index. AVUS doesn't: Avantis runs a whole-market U.S. portfolio actively, leaning toward smaller, cheaper, more profitable companies, and charges 0.15% to do it.
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing broadly in U.S. companies of all market capitalizations, while emphasizing smaller companies and those with stronger profitability and value characteristics.
Why people hold it
- 0.15% a year, well under the typical fee in its multifactor peer group.
- No index to shadow. Managers can act on price and profitability data as it changes instead of waiting for a calendar rebalance date.avantisinvestors.com
- Roughly 1,900 stocks across large, mid and small caps: a full-market holding with the tilts built in, not a narrow factor sleeve.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund and one of the easier names in its cohort to trade, which keeps the cost of getting in and out low.
Worth knowing
- The small-cap and value leanings are the whole point, so the portfolio can look nothing like a megacap-led S&P 500 fund in either direction.
- Cheap, not the cheapest shelf. Index peers such as VYM (0.04%) and VONV (0.06%) undercut it on fee.
- Actively managed with no published index behind it, so what you get is Avantis's rulebook and its execution rather than a benchmark you can check line by line.avantisinvestors.com
AVUS Holdings
- Stocks
- 1,945
- 31%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Technology31.5%
- Financials15.4%
- Consumer Discretionary10.3%
- Industrials9.8%
- Communication8.3%
- Energy7.8%
- Health Care7.7%
- Consumer Staples4.3%
- Materials2.8%
- Utilities2.1%
- Real Estate0.1%
Geography
- United States96.98%
- Ireland0.88%
- Bermuda0.55%
- United Kingdom0.44%
- Switzerland0.36%
- Singapore0.29%
- Netherlands0.12%
- Uruguay0.11%
- 0.26%
AVUS Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Not enough history yet.
AVUS$12,444
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.
| Period | AVUS |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +17.6% |
| 1 month | +0.7% |
| 3 months | +1.8% |
| 1 year | +24.4% |
| 3 years | +22.5% |
| 5 years | +13.3% |
| 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 | AVUS |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +17.6% | |
| 2025 | +16.7% | |
| 2024 | +20.4% | |
| 2023 | +21.8% | |
| 2022 | −13.8% | |
| 2021 | +28.7% | |
| 2020 | +17.5% |
AVUS in the news
AVUS Dividends
- 0.92%
- $1.20
- $0.29 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
AVUS Risk
- 13.0%
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.
- 1.26
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.
- −22.2%
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.
- 1.00
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
AVUS Cost
0.15%
AVUS0.15%
- The middle half of US Multifactor funds
- Median 0.30%
11 of the 99 US Multifactor funds charge less.
Other funds in US Multifactor
- AGSLCGoldman Sachs ActiveBeta U.S. Large Cap Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.09%1 year return +17.9%
- AIMCViShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETFExpense ratio 0.06%1 year return +24.2%
- ARECSColumbia Research Enhanced Core ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +17.9%
- ADCORU.S. Core Equity 1 Portfolio ETF Class SharesExpense ratio 0.17%1 year return +21.5%
- AIJKiShares S&P Mid-Cap 400 Growth ETFExpense ratio 0.16%1 year return +20.0%