AVUV vs WTV

AVUVAAvantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF

WTVAWisdomTree U.S. Value Fund

In short

AVUV The Dimensional playbook in an ETF wrapper: roughly 800 cheap U.S. small caps, weighted so the profitable ones count for more, run actively for a quarter of a percent a year.

WTV Most value funds shop for low price tags. WTV shops for cash coming back to shareholders: dividends plus net buybacks, filtered for quality and profitability. Actively run, priced like an index fund at 0.12%.

Stated mandate

AVUV The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing in U.S. small-cap companies selected for low valuations and higher profitability. It combines broad diversification and efficient implementation with active decisions based on current market information.

WTV The fund seeks income and capital appreciation through primarily U.S. equities selected for high total shareholder yield and favorable relative quality characteristics.

Why people hold it

• AVUV 0.25% a year, less than half the typical actively run U.S. small-cap fund, and well under the 0.47% at BSVO, which points at the same Russell 2000 Value yardstick.
• Cheap alone can mean cheap-and-broken. Avantis screens for profitability alongside low valuations, so higher-earning small caps carry more weight.avantisinvestors.com
• About 800 names: a value tilt delivered with index-like breadth rather than a stock picker's short list, and distributions land quarterly.
• A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and one of the strongest implementations in the active U.S. small-cap group.

• WTV Charges 0.12% a year, under a quarter of the 0.55% typical for active US value funds, and less than every same-benchmark rival in its group (JAVA 0.44%, CGVV 0.33%, TEQI 0.54%).
• "Value" here means cash returned: dividend yield plus net buyback yield, with quality and profitability screens, rather than a plain low price-to-book sort.wisdomtree.com
• About 160 US stocks, a multi-billion-dollar asset base, and a live track record dating to 2007. Distributions land quarterly.

Worth knowing

• AVUV This is a style bet, not a market proxy. Small caps priced for value swing harder than the broad market and can move out of step with it for long stretches.
• Active, not an index tracker. The Russell 2000 Value is a reference point, not a leash, so the holdings and the ride can diverge from it.
• Sibling AVSC charges the same 0.25% but casts a wider small-cap net, so the real question is how much value tilt you want.

• WTV Full equity with no downside cushion, and a value tilt that can lean into a handful of sectors. Risk is the least polished part of the profile.
• Rules-based active, not an index tracker, so results can diverge from the Russell 1000 Value in either direction.
• Buybacks supply much of the shareholder yield, and companies can scale repurchases back more easily than they cut dividends.wisdomtree.com

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