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AVDV vs VSS

Both International Developed.

Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF · Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
22.7 %

898 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDV and VSS would leave roughly 22.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AVDV only 77.0% Shared 22.7% VSS only 75.9%
In AVDV only
763 positions
Shared
898 positions
In VSS only
3,902 positions

Side by side

AVDV

Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF

Avantis · International Developed

81 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.36%
Net assets
$19.22B
TTM yield
2.79%
Top-10 conc.
8.5%
VSS

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · International Developed

93 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$13.81B
TTM yield
3.23%
Top-10 conc.
8.7%

Sub-score comparison

64
Cost
94
77
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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AVDV sub-score VSS

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VSS is 30 bps cheaper than AVDV. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/yr more in fees for AVDV.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AVDV vs VSS.

Top shared holdings

898 shared in total
# Holding In AVDV In VSS Overlap
1 Finning International Inc 0.27% 0.26% 0.26%
2 Hudbay Minerals Inc 0.74% 0.23% 0.23%
3 NKT A/S 0.38% 0.21% 0.21%
4 Capital Power Corp 0.25% 0.20% 0.20%
5 Eldorado Gold Corp 0.43% 0.20% 0.20%
6 Aurubis AG 0.20% 0.19% 0.19%
7 Saipem SpA 0.57% 0.19% 0.19%
8 OceanaGold Corp 0.99% 0.19% 0.19%
9 IG Group Holdings PLC 0.17% 0.18% 0.17%
10 B2Gold Corp 0.80% 0.16% 0.16%
11 Perseus Mining Ltd 0.76% 0.14% 0.14%
12 AL Sydbank 0.41% 0.14% 0.14%

Only in AVDV

763 total
  • Mitsui Kinzoku Co Ltd 1.57%
  • New Gold Inc 0.91%
  • Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd 0.59%
  • Whitehaven Coal Ltd 0.58%
  • IAMGOLD Corp 0.55%
  • Mitsubishi Materials Corp 0.54%
  • Whitecap Resources Inc 0.50%
  • Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd 0.50%
  • ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd 0.49%
  • Ramelius Resources Ltd 0.48%

Only in VSS

3,902 total
  • Aritzia Inc 0.27%
  • Accelleron Industries AG 0.27%
  • Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA 0.24%
  • Macronix International Co Ltd 0.24%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC 0.23%
  • WinWay Technology Co Ltd 0.23%
  • Taiwan Union Technology Corp 0.22%
  • Subsea 7 SA 0.22%
  • Storebrand ASA 0.21%
  • Compeq Manufacturing Co Ltd 0.21%

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.