AVLC vs FFOX

AVLCAAvantis U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

FFOXDFundX Future Fund Opportunities ETF

In short

AVLC Active management with index-fund manners: roughly 900 U.S. large caps, with the dial turned toward cheaper, more profitable companies. Avantis charges 0.15% a year to do it.

FFOX An active, go-anywhere hunt for capital appreciation in small and mid-cap companies, using ADRs to reach names listed overseas. A 2025 launch priced like a boutique, in a peer group ruled by cheap systematic large-cap funds.

Stated mandate

AVLC The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation. It invests broadly in U.S. large-capitalization companies while using active decisions to overweight lower valuations and higher profitability.

FFOX The fund seeks capital appreciation. It invests in equity securities and ADRs of small- to mid-capitalization companies, using a generally long-term investment approach.

Why people hold it

• AVLC 0.15% a year against a 0.65% median for active U.S. equity funds. That is passive-style pricing on an actively run book.
• Holds about 900 names against the Russell 1000, so the value and profitability tilts sit on top of broad market exposure instead of a concentrated bet.avantisinvestors.com
• One of the stronger builds in the active U.S. equity group, priced in the same neighborhood as the Dimensional core funds (DFAU, DFAC) it competes with.
• A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades steadily, so spreads and liquidity are rarely the sticking point. Distributions are paid quarterly.

• FFOX Genuinely go-anywhere: small- and mid-cap equities plus ADRs spanning the US, developed international and emerging markets, all in one actively managed sleeve.
• The stated mandate is long-term ownership of smaller companies rather than fast turnover, which is a clearer promise than most active funds make in writing.
• Plain equity wrapper. No leverage multiple, no buffer period, no options overlay to decode before you can read the holdings.

Worth knowing

• AVLC Launched in 2023. The tilt philosophy is well worn at Avantis, but this fund's own live record is still short.
• Active, not index-tracking. The Russell 1000 is a reference point, not a leash, so holdings and weights can drift from it.
• Leaning toward cheaper, higher-profitability companies means stretches where it moves differently from the plain cap-weighted market, in either direction.avantisinvestors.com

• FFOX The 1.02% fee sits near the top of the active equity range. The group's highest-graded names, DFAU and AVLC among them, run well under 0.20%.
• Small and thinly traded, so bid-ask spreads can run wider and the market price can sit further from net asset value than in a heavily traded fund.
• Launched in 2025, so the record here is short, and distributions come only once or twice a year. Built around price appreciation, not a paycheck.

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