AVDS vs OTGL

AVDSAAvantis International Small Cap Equity ETF

OTGLFOTG Latin America ETF

In short

AVDS Avantis casts a wide net: roughly 3,000 non-US developed small caps, weighted with an eye on price, profitability and how much cash companies plow back in. Active management that looks a lot like an index fund with its thumb on the scale.

OTGL A concentrated bet on Latin America, run by stock pickers rather than an index. A 2025 launch that is small, lightly traded, and priced like the specialist product it is.

Stated mandate

AVDS The ETF seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in a broad group of non-U.S. small-cap companies and considering valuation, profitability, and investment levels when selecting and weighting securities.

OTGL The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in equity securities of companies located in Latin America.

Why people hold it

• AVDS Charges 0.30% a year, about half the typical fee in its active international peer group. Cheap is a durable edge in a corner of the market where fees usually run high.
• Roughly 3,000 holdings, so no single stock or country steers the outcome. This is small-cap breadth, not a concentrated stock-picking bet.
• The tilts are the whole design: valuation, profitability and investment levels shape both what it owns and how much of each, measured against MSCI World ex USA Small Cap.avantisinvestors.com
• Sits among the strongest builds in a crowded field of active international equity funds. Broad, systematic, low-fee: the boxes that tend to stay ticked.

• OTGL One ticker for Latin American equities, with a mandate to hunt long-term capital appreciation in companies located in the region.
• No declared benchmark to hug. The managers pick the names, so results depend on their calls rather than an index committee's country weights.
• Standard 1940 Act fund wrapper: the plain-vanilla ETF plumbing most investors already know, and it distributes quarterly.

Worth knowing

• AVDS Thinly traded compared with the big international names. Limit orders and a look at the spread earn their keep here.
• Launched in 2023, so the live record is short even though the approach behind it is not new.
• Costs more than Avantis' broad international fund AVDE (0.23%). Small caps abroad are pricier to research and trade, and they swing harder.

• OTGL The 0.95% expense ratio sits well above the typical international stock fund. Broad developed-market options such as AVDE (0.23%) and DFIC (0.22%) cost a fraction of it.
• Small asset base and thin trading. Spreads can be wide and modest orders can move the price, so the fill you get may differ from the quote you see.
• Launched in July 2025, so there is little track record to judge. Single-region exposure also means currency swings and local politics land undiluted.

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