AIMS vs AVSC: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Acuitas Small Cap Active ETF

AIMSDNasdaq

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

AVSCANYSE Arca

Overlap

13.3%by weight

Expense ratio

AVSC −0.50pt a year

AIMS0.75%AVSC0.25%

Avg volume · 30D

AVSC 28.0×the volume

AIMS4.73KAVSC133K

AIMS vs AVSC Performance

Aug 7, 2026 – Nov 9, 2026

−6.3%AIMS−3.0%AVSC

Expense ratio: AIMS 0.75%; AVSC 0.25%, better
Fund size: AIMS $81M; AVSC $3.16B
1Y total return: AIMS No data; AVSC +28.9%
Yield (12M): AIMS No data; AVSC 0.97%
Holdings: AIMS 284; AVSC 1542
Avg volume (30D): AIMS 4.73K sh; AVSC 133K sh, better
NAV per share: AIMS $26.26; AVSC $70.08
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for AIMS, AVSC, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	AIMS	AVSC
Cost30% weight	F23	A100Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	Not scored
Risk15% weight	C44	B64Higher
Tradability15% weight	D39	A88Higher
Holdings10% weight	B63	A89Higher
Durability5% weight	C45	A86Higher

Rank among US Active Small-Cap funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. AIMS and AVSC are both graded against the same 39 US Active Small-Cap funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Active Small-Cap⁠

Category · 39 funds

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AVSC ranks 1st and AIMS 28th of 39 funds in the US Active Small-Cap Category.

Rank 1AAVSCAvantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETFScore 88
Rank 2AFESMFidelity Enhanced Small Cap ETFScore 86
Rank 27CAFSCabrdn Focused U.S. Small Cap Active ETFScore 40
Rank 28DAIMSAcuitas Small Cap Active ETFScore 37
Rank 29DBUSMEA Bridgeway Ultra-Small Company Market ETFScore 35

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

AIMSDAcuitas Small Cap Active ETF

AVSCAAvantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

In short

AIMS A Seattle boutique's institutional playbook in one ticker: AIMS blends model portfolios from several specialist small and microcap managers, and deliberately declines to drift up into midcaps.

AVSC Avantis'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.

Stated mandate

AIMS The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

AVSC 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

AIMS Multi-manager by design: Acuitas allocates across a curated group of institutional small cap managers and blends their models, rather than riding one stockpicker.acuitasfunds.com globenewswire.com
Stays genuinely small. The fund is benchmarked to the Russell 2000 and built to hold true small caps, with room for microcaps, instead of drifting up into midcaps.globenewswire.com acuitasfunds.com
One mandate, plain and simple: long-term capital appreciation from equities, held in a standard 1940 Act fund wrapper.

AVSC 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

AIMS Costs 0.75% a year, above the roughly 0.52% cohort median for active small cap ETFs and well north of the 0.25% charged by AVUV and AVSC.
Launched in 2026, so the ETF record is short, and the fund is non-diversified, meaning individual positions can swing it more than a broad index would.usnews.com
Volume is light next to the category's household names, so intraday spreads can run wider.

AVSC 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.

Full AIMS profile⁠

Full AVSC profile⁠

AIMS vs AVSC Holdings

How AIMS and AVSC differ

Overlap by weight

13.3%

Shared holdings make up 68.5% of AIMS and 13.8% of AVSC.

Level by level

Holdings201 in both13.3%
Sector11 Sectors81.8%
Countryby domicile96.1%
Asset classStocks100%

Sector

Sector weights in AIMS and AVSC, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	AIMS	AVSC
Consumer Discretionary	AVSC +7.7 points	7.7%	15.4%
Financials	AVSC +6.6 points	17.5%	24.1%
Health Care	AIMS +6.5 points	18.7%	12.2%
Industrials	AIMS +5.2 points	18.7%	13.5%
Technology	AIMS +3.3 points	15.5%	12.2%
Real Estate	AIMS +3.2 points	4.0%	0.8%
Communication	AVSC +2.0 points	1.5%	3.5%
Energy	AVSC +1.8 points	4.9%	6.7%
Materials	AVSC +0.1 points	4.6%	4.7%
Consumer Staples	Same weight	4.7%	4.7%
Utilities	Same weight	2.3%	2.3%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in AIMS and AVSC, widest gap first
Country	Gap	AIMS	AVSC
United States	AVSC +3.4 points	95.5%	98.9%
Israel	AIMS +1.9 points	1.9%	0.0%
Jordan	AIMS +0.6 points	0.6%	0.0%
Other countries (12)	AIMS +0.9 points	2.0%	1.1%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

AIMS13.5%
AVSC3.3%

Securities held

AIMS283
AVSC1,540

Asset class

AIMS: Stocks
AVSC: Stocks

Holdings

Only in AIMS82
In both201
Only in AVSC1,339

Only in AIMS

82 securities, 31.5% of AIMS by weight

First American Government Obligations Fund 12/01/20312.68%
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc1.77%
Triumph Financial Inc1.29%
PDF Solutions Inc1.14%
Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc0.96%
AtriCure Inc0.81%
Black Hills Corp0.76%
Mama's Creations Inc0.69%
StoneX Group Inc0.65%
Workiva Inc0.64%
Pennant Group Inc/The0.63%
InterDigital Inc0.63%
Allot Ltd0.53%
Global-e Online Ltd0.51%
Vericel Corp0.50%
International General Insurance Holdings Ltd0.49%
Stevanato Group SpA0.48%
Wabash National Corp0.47%
Frequency Electronics Inc0.47%
Axogen Inc0.45%
Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc0.44%
Billiontoone Inc0.44%
ICF International Inc0.41%
Strawberry Fields REIT Inc0.40%
nCino Inc0.40%
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp0.40%
Riskified Ltd0.39%
HeartFlow Inc0.38%
Rimini Street Inc0.38%
Alliance Laundry Holdings Inc0.37%
Ormat Technologies Inc0.35%
CubeSmart0.34%
Braze Inc0.34%
Centerspace0.33%
Trekor Metals Ltd0.32%
MarketWise Inc0.32%
Karooooo Ltd0.31%
Terawulf Inc0.30%
Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc0.30%
Perella Weinberg Partners0.29%
Curbline Properties Corp0.29%
Public Policy Holding Co Inc0.28%
UGI Corp0.28%
WaterBridge Infrastructure LLC0.27%
National Healthcare Pptys Inc Common Stock0.27%
N-able Inc/US0.26%
AnaptysBio Inc0.25%
Ituran Location and Control Ltd0.25%
Silvaco Group Inc0.25%
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc0.24%

Only in AVSC

1,339 securities, 86.1% of AVSC by weight

Livanova PLC Common Stock GBP1.00.36%
Frontdoor Inc Common Stock USD.010.36%
Concentra Group Holdings Par Common Stock USD.010.36%
Haemonetics Corp/Mass Common Stock USD.010.34%
Science Applications Inte Common Stock USD.00010.32%
Tenable Holdings Inc Common Stock USD.010.32%
Abercrombie & Fitch Co Class A Common Stock USD.010.32%
Vail Resorts Inc Common Stock USD.010.31%
Cheesecake Factory Inc/The Common Stock USD.010.30%
Northwestern Energy Group In Common Stock USD.010.30%
Aci Worldwide Inc Common Stock USD.0050.29%
Grail Inc Common Stock0.29%
Cavco Industries Inc Common Stock USD.010.29%
International Seaways Inc Common Stock0.29%
Eastern Bankshares Inc Common Stock USD.010.29%
Trex Company Inc Common Stock USD.010.29%
Champion Homes Inc Common Stock USD.0280.29%
Cno Financial Group Inc Common Stock USD.010.28%
Delek Us Holdings Inc Common Stock USD.010.28%
Sonoco Products Co Common Stock0.28%
Plains Gp Holdings Lp Ltd Part0.28%
Chefs Warehouse Inc/The Common Stock USD.010.27%
Bread Financial Holdings Inc Common Stock USD.010.27%
Iridium Communications Inc Common Stock USD.0010.26%
Federated Hermes Inc Common Stock0.26%
Tutor Perini Corp Common Stock USD1.00.26%
Academy Sports & Outdoors In Common Stock USD.010.26%
Bill Holdings Inc Common Stock USD.000010.26%
Meritage Homes Corp Common Stock USD.010.26%
Caesars Entertainment Inc Common Stock0.26%
Cvb Financial Corp Common Stock0.26%
Cinemark Holdings Inc Common Stock USD.0010.25%
Fulton Financial Corp Common Stock USD2.50.25%
Murphy Oil Corp Common Stock USD1.00.25%
Robert Half Inc Common Stock USD.0010.25%
Warrior Met Coal Inc Common Stock USD.010.25%
Valvoline Inc Common Stock USD.010.25%
Radian Group Inc Common Stock USD.0010.25%
Kontoor Brands Inc Common Stock0.25%
Pricesmart Inc Common Stock USD.00010.25%
Crispr Therapeutics AG Common Stock CHF.030.25%
Insight Enterprises Inc Common Stock USD.010.24%
Signet Jewelers Ltd Common Stock USD.180.24%
Alaska Air Group Inc Common Stock USD.010.24%
Radnet Inc Common Stock USD.00010.24%
United Community Banks/Ga Common Stock USD1.00.24%
Cathay General Bancorp Common Stock USD.010.24%
Texas Capital Bancshares Inc Common Stock USD.010.24%
Materion Corp Common Stock0.24%
Laureate Education Inc Common Stock USD.0010.24%

Weight gaps

The 100 widest of 201 Holdings in both funds.

Holding weights in AIMS and AVSC, widest gap first
Holding	Gap	AIMS	AVSC
iRadimed CorpIRMD	AIMS +1.11 points	1.16%	0.05%
Palomar Holdings IncPLMR	AIMS +1.09 points	1.30%	0.21%
Metropolitan Bank Holding CorpMCB	AIMS +1.03 points	1.10%	0.07%
Covenant Trans Inc - Class ACVLG	AIMS +1.02 points	1.06%	0.04%
Business First Bancshares IncBFST	AIMS +0.95 points	1.01%	0.06%
Mesa Laboratories IncMLAB	AIMS +0.90 points	0.95%	0.05%
OneSpan IncOSPN	AIMS +0.82 points	0.87%	0.05%
Astrana Health IncAMEH	AIMS +0.81 points	0.90%	0.09%
UFP Technologies IncUFPT	AIMS +0.78 points	0.93%	0.15%
Willdan Group IncWLDN	AIMS +0.75 points	0.81%	0.06%
LeMaitre Vascular IncLMAT	AIMS +0.74 points	0.86%	0.12%
Red Rock Resorts IncRRR	AIMS +0.73 points	0.73%	<0.01%
Hackett Group Inc/TheHCKT	AIMS +0.63 points	0.65%	0.02%
Stagwell IncSTGW	AIMS +0.62 points	0.71%	0.09%
Esab CorpESAB	AIMS +0.60 points	0.65%	0.05%
Lifeway Foods IncLWAY	AIMS +0.60 points	0.61%	0.01%
Preformed Line Products CoPLPC	AIMS +0.59 points	0.63%	0.04%
Bank OzkOZK	AIMS +0.57 points	0.66%	0.09%
Ducommun IncDCO	AIMS +0.56 points	0.68%	0.12%
Northeast BankNBN	AIMS +0.55 points	0.60%	0.05%
Magnolia Oil & Gas CorpMGY	AIMS +0.54 points	0.61%	0.07%
Chesapeake Utilities CorpCPK	AIMS +0.54 points	0.69%	0.15%
Phibro Animal Health CorpPAHC	AIMS +0.53 points	0.56%	0.03%
Huron Consulting Group IncHURN	AIMS +0.53 points	0.68%	0.15%
Koppers Holdings IncKOP	AIMS +0.53 points	0.57%	0.04%
United States Lime & Minerals IncUSLM	AIMS +0.52 points	0.58%	0.06%
Healthcare Services Group IncHCSG	AIMS +0.51 points	0.61%	0.10%
Helen of Troy LtdHELE	AIMS +0.51 points	0.56%	0.05%
Red Violet IncRDVT	AIMS +0.50 points	0.56%	0.06%
Xometry IncXMTR	AIMS +0.50 points	0.64%	0.14%
Cushman & Wakefield LtdCWK	AIMS +0.50 points	0.69%	0.19%
Coastal Financial Corp/WACCB	AIMS +0.47 points	0.51%	0.04%
Bridgewater Bancshares IncBWB	AIMS +0.48 points	0.51%	0.03%
Digi International IncDGII	AIMS +0.47 points	0.64%	0.17%
Middleby Corp/TheMIDD	AIMS +0.47 points	0.68%	0.21%
Excelerate Energy IncEE	AIMS +0.47 points	0.52%	0.05%
Kodiak Gas Services IncKGS	AIMS +0.46 points	0.60%	0.14%
Cricut IncCRCT	AIMS +0.44 points	0.47%	0.03%
Provident Financial Services IncPFS	AIMS +0.44 points	0.65%	0.21%
CRA International IncCRAI	AIMS +0.43 points	0.50%	0.07%
Liquidity Services IncLQDT	AIMS +0.43 points	0.50%	0.07%
Agilysys IncAGYS	AIMS +0.43 points	0.49%	0.06%
Kelly Services IncKELYA	AIMS +0.42 points	0.45%	0.03%
Merit Medical Systems IncMMSI	AIMS +0.42 points	0.64%	0.22%
Atmus Filtration Technologies IncATMU	AIMS +0.41 points	0.63%	0.22%
SI-BONE IncSIBN	AIMS +0.40 points	0.43%	0.03%
Oil-Dri Corp of AmericaODC	AIMS +0.40 points	0.44%	0.04%
Vita Coco Co Inc/TheCOCO	AIMS +0.39 points	0.55%	0.16%
Green Brick Partners IncGRBK	AIMS +0.37 points	0.50%	0.13%
Guardian Pharmacy Services IncGRDN	AIMS +0.37 points	0.44%	0.07%
Limoneira CoLMNR	AIMS +0.37 points	0.38%	0.01%
NPK International IncNPKI	AIMS +0.36 points	0.40%	0.04%
Tecnoglass Holdings IncTGLS	AIMS +0.36 points	0.40%	0.04%
Interface IncTILE	AIMS +0.35 points	0.45%	0.10%
Paymentus Holdings IncPAY	AIMS +0.34 points	0.42%	0.08%
Solaris Energy Infrastructure IncSEI	AIMS +0.33 points	0.48%	0.15%
ANI Pharmaceuticals IncANIP	AIMS +0.33 points	0.41%	0.08%
Graham CorpGHM	AIMS +0.33 points	0.39%	0.06%
NVE CorpNVEC	AIMS +0.32 points	0.35%	0.03%
Willis Lease Finance CorpWLFC	AIMS +0.31 points	0.34%	0.03%
NRC HealthNRC	AIMS +0.31 points	0.34%	0.03%
First Financial CorpTHFF	AIMS +0.31 points	0.36%	0.05%
Merchants Bancorp/INMBIN	AIMS +0.31 points	0.37%	0.06%
ConnectOne Bancorp IncCNOB	AIMS +0.31 points	0.40%	0.09%
Park Aerospace CorpPKE	AIMS +0.31 points	0.34%	0.03%
J Jill IncJILL	AIMS +0.31 points	0.32%	<0.01%
McGrath RentCorpMGRC	AIMS +0.31 points	0.43%	0.12%
Shoe Station Group IncSCVL	AIMS +0.31 points	0.32%	0.01%
Barnes & Noble Education IncBNED	AIMS +0.30 points	0.32%	0.02%
IDT CorpIDT	AIMS +0.29 points	0.40%	0.11%
ACCO Brands CorpACCO	AIMS +0.29 points	0.32%	0.03%
HCI Group IncHCI	AIMS +0.29 points	0.41%	0.12%
Astronics CorpATRO	AIMS +0.29 points	0.41%	0.12%
Concentrix CorpCNXC	AIMS +0.29 points	0.34%	0.05%
Perdoceo Education CorpPRDO	AIMS +0.29 points	0.37%	0.08%
ADMA Biologics IncADMA	AIMS +0.29 points	0.37%	0.08%
Global Industrial CoGIC	AIMS +0.29 points	0.34%	0.05%
Caleres Inc ComCAL	AIMS +0.28 points	0.31%	0.03%
Carter's IncCRI	AIMS +0.28 points	0.34%	0.06%
Bank7 CorpBSVN	AIMS +0.28 points	0.30%	0.02%
Grand Canyon Education IncLOPE	AIMS +0.28 points	0.45%	0.17%
Adeia IncADEA	AIMS +0.28 points	0.39%	0.11%
DXP Enterprises Inc/TXDXPE	AIMS +0.28 points	0.41%	0.13%
Pathward Financial IncCASH	AIMS +0.27 points	0.38%	0.11%
Prestige Consumer Healthcare IncPBH	AIMS +0.27 points	0.36%	0.09%
Cabot CorpCBT	AIMS +0.26 points	0.46%	0.20%
Barrett Business Services IncBBSI	AIMS +0.26 points	0.29%	0.03%
CNX Resources CorpCNX	AIMS +0.26 points	0.44%	0.18%
Designer Brands IncDBI	AIMS +0.26 points	0.27%	0.01%
Utah Medical Products IncUTMD	AIMS +0.26 points	0.27%	0.01%
Plumas BancorpPLBC	AIMS +0.26 points	0.28%	0.02%
Insteel Industries IncIIIN	AIMS +0.25 points	0.28%	0.03%
Photronics IncPLAB	AIMS +0.25 points	0.35%	0.10%
Warby Parker IncWRBY	AIMS +0.26 points	0.35%	0.09%
Five Star BancorpFSBC	AIMS +0.25 points	0.30%	0.05%
Jefferson Capital IncJCAP	AIMS +0.25 points	0.27%	0.02%
NetScout Systems IncNTCT	AIMS +0.25 points	0.40%	0.15%
ePlus IncPLUS	AIMS +0.24 points	0.40%	0.16%
Universal Logistics Holdings IULH	AIMS +0.24 points	0.25%	0.01%
Asure Software IncASUR	AIMS +0.24 points	0.25%	0.01%

All AIMS holdings⁠All 1,536 AVSC holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

AIMS vs AVSC Cost

Overpaying AIMS vs AVSC

$9,323

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

AIMS 0.75%
$14,482
AVSC 0.25%
$5,159

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

AIMS 0.75%
AVSC 0.25%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	AIMS	AVSC	Overpaying
10	$1,336	$455	$881
20	$5,078	$1,769	$3,309
30	$14,482	$5,159	$9,323

Expense ratio

0.75%AIMS
0.25%AVSC, cheaper

AVSC0.25%AIMS0.75%

0.25%2.20%

Middle half of US Active Small-Cap funds
Median 0.55%

AVSC cheapest of 39 funds

AIMS 29th cheapest of 39 funds

AIMS vs AVSC Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): AIMS No data; AVSC 0.97%
Payout (12M): AIMS None; AVSC $0.70
Last payment: AIMS No data; AVSC $0.21
Ex-dividend: AIMS No data; AVSC Sep 8, 2026
Paid on: AIMS No data; AVSC Sep 10, 2026
Frequency: AIMS No data; AVSC Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2022 to 2026, same scale for both

AIMSAll AIMS payments⁠

No distribution history available.

AVSCQuarterly · 19 paymentsAll AVSC payments⁠

AIMS vs AVSC Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: AIMS No dataAVSC 19.3%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: AIMS No dataAVSC 0.86
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: AIMS No dataAVSC −28.4%since Jan 2022
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: AIMS 0.87AVSC 1.03; Market = 1

AIMS and AVSC in the news

All news⁠

Best ETFs
Schwab and Vanguard charge the same 0.03%. Their small-cap funds are 3.7 percentage points apart
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AIMS vs AVSC

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How AIMS and AVSC differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in AIMS

Only in AVSC

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

Schwab and Vanguard charge the same 0.03%. Their small-cap funds are 3.7 percentage points apart

How AIMS and AVSC differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in AIMS

Only in AVSC

Weight gaps