Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF
$120.53−1.08 (−0.89%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.25%
- Fund size
- $30.8B
- 1Y return
- +23.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 1.62%
- Holdings
- 796
- Volume · 30D
- 1.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $121.48
- 52W range
The ETF.net AVUV Grade
Score 77 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 90Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 71Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 30Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.AScore 89Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 86Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 92Category rank
Our read on AVUV
AThe Dimensional playbook in an ETF wrapper: roughly 800 cheap U.S. small caps, weighted so the profitable ones count for more, run actively for a quarter of a percent a year.
The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in U.S. small-cap companies selected for low valuations and higher profitability. It combines broad diversification and efficient implementation with active decisions based on current market information.
Why people hold it
- 0.25% a year, less than half the typical actively run U.S. small-cap fund, and well under the 0.47% at BSVO, which points at the same Russell 2000 Value yardstick.
- Cheap alone can mean cheap-and-broken. Avantis screens for profitability alongside low valuations, so higher-earning small caps carry more weight.res.avantisinvestors.com
- About 800 names: a value tilt delivered with index-like breadth rather than a stock picker's short list, and distributions land quarterly.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and one of the strongest implementations in the active U.S. small-cap group.
Worth knowing
- This is a style bet, not a market proxy. Small caps priced for value swing harder than the broad market and can move out of step with it for long stretches.
- Active, not an index tracker. The Russell 2000 Value is a reference point, not a leash, so the holdings and the ride can diverge from it.
- Sibling AVSC charges the same 0.25% but casts a wider small-cap net, so the real question is how much value tilt you want.
AVUV Holdings
- Stocks
- 796
- 8%
- MATX
Sectors
- Financials27.8%
- Consumer Discr.18.4%
- Energy16.8%
- Industrials12.2%
- Technology6.3%
- Cons. Staples5.4%
- Materials4.8%
- Health Care4.6%
- Communication2.7%
- Real Estate0.6%
- Utilities0.4%
Geography
- United States93.12%
- Bermuda3.93%
- United Kingdom0.74%
- Switzerland0.45%
- Monaco0.43%
- Puerto Rico0.26%
- Guernsey0.19%
- Israel0.18%
- 0.69%
AVUV Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
AVUV$12,311
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 | AVUV |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +20.4% |
| 1 month | −3.5% |
| 3 months | −0.3% |
| 1 year | +23.1% |
| 3 years | +18.5% |
| 5 years | +12.5% |
| 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 | AVUV |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +20.4% | |
| 2025 | +7.4% | |
| 2024 | +9.3% | |
| 2023 | +22.8% | |
| 2022 | −4.9% | |
| 2021 | +42.2% | |
| 2020 | +6.4% |
AVUV in the news
AVUV Dividends
- 1.62%
- $1.98
- $0.41 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2026 | Sep 10, 2026 | $0.41 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Jun 11, 2026 | $0.44 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Mar 12, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | $0.38 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.46 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.44 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.34 |
| Dec 17, 2024 | Dec 19, 2024 | $0.43 |
| Sep 23, 2024 | Sep 25, 2024 | $0.39 |
| Jun 24, 2024 | Jun 26, 2024 | $0.43 |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Mar 25, 2024 | $0.31 |
| Dec 18, 2023 | Dec 21, 2023 | $0.44 |
AVUV Risk
- 18.8%
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.
- 0.71
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.
- −28.8%
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.
AVUV Cost
0.25%
AVUV0.25%
- The middle half of US Active Value funds
- Median 0.55%
6 of the 66 US Active Value funds charge less.