AVLC vs ROE

AVLCAAvantis U.S. Large Cap Equity ETF

ROEBAstoria US Equal Weight Quality Kings 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.

ROE In most US quality funds, a few mega-caps run the show. Quality Kings screens American companies for quality and value, then weights what survives equally, so the screen picks the portfolio instead of market cap.

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.

ROE The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

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.

• ROE Costs 0.49% a year, under the median for active US equity funds. Active screening at a price closer to plain-vanilla strategy funds.
• Equal weighting gives every holding the same starting slug, so one giant name can't quietly become the whole fund.
• Pairs a quality screen with a value screen, which keeps a hunt for profitable companies from turning into a basket of expensive ones.
• The portfolio build is the strongest piece here, and the fund sits in the upper tier of a large field of active US stock funds.

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

• ROE Trades thinly next to the heavyweights in its category. Limit orders and avoiding the opening bell matter more here than in a mega-fund.
• Broad rivals cost far less: DFAU at 0.12% and AVLC at 0.15%. The extra fee buys the screen and the equal weighting, not broader coverage.
• Launched in 2023, so the live record is short. Equal weighting also means far less exposure to the largest US companies than a cap-weighted fund.

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