AVDV vs JDVI

AVDVAAvantis International Small Cap Value ETF

JDVIDJohn Hancock Disciplined Value International Select ETF

In short

AVDV Foreign small-cap value is the thin, overlooked corner of the world market. AVDV works it with index-like breadth, roughly 1,700 overseas small caps screened for cheap prices and real profits, at a fee well under its peer group's median.

JDVI A concentrated take on international value: roughly 40 developed- and emerging-market stocks picked bottom-up for quality and cheapness, priced at 0.69% net of a waiver through July 31, 2027 (0.98% gross).

Stated mandate

AVDV Seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in non-U.S. developed small-cap companies selected for low valuations and higher profitability ratios.

JDVI The fund seeks long-term capital growth through a diversified portfolio of developed- and emerging-market international stocks considered high quality and undervalued, selected through bottom-up fundamental research with disciplined valuation and risk control.

Why people hold it

• AVDV Charges 0.36% a year, well under the median for active international value funds and below peers like JIVE (0.55%) and FEOE (0.50%).
• Holds roughly 1,700 non-US developed small caps and stacks a profitability screen on top of the value screen, aimed at the cheap-for-a-reason names.avantisinvestors.com
• Live since 2019 and now a multi-billion-dollar fund that changes hands readily, which matters when the underlying holdings are small foreign stocks.
• One of the stronger builds in its active international value group: broad, cheap, and rules-driven rather than a manager's hunch list.avantisinvestors.com

• JDVI Roughly 40 names, not a sprawling index basket. Each holding has to earn its slot through bottom-up fundamental research on quality and valuation.
• The mandate covers developed and emerging markets in one wrapper, so the manager can hunt cheap quality in Tokyo or Taipei without a bolt-on EM fund.
• A contractual waiver cuts the 0.98% gross fee to 0.69% through July 31, 2027, so today's sticker is the lower number.

Worth knowing

• AVDV Small caps abroad plus a value tilt can swing harder than big-name international funds, and currency moves flow straight through to results.avantisinvestors.com
• Actively managed with no index to replicate, so holdings follow Avantis' models. MSCI World ex-USA Small Cap is the yardstick, not the blueprint.avantisinvestors.com
• Developed markets only, and it pays quarterly rather than monthly. For overseas large-cap value, sibling fund AVIV runs 0.25%.

• JDVI Cost sits above the category norm even after the waiver that trims 0.98% gross to 0.69% through July 31, 2027. Unwaived rivals AVIV (0.25%) and AVDV (0.36%) charge less.
• Concentration cuts both ways: with about 40 holdings, one name or one country moves this fund harder than it would a broad international index.
• Short history. Shares began trading in December 2023, so there is limited record of how the strategy behaves across a full market cycle.

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