ETF comparison
AVLV vs VB
US Value vs US Small Cap.
Avantis US Large Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
182 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVLV and VB would leave roughly 15.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VB is 12 bps cheaper than AVLV. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for AVLV.
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 AVLV vs VB.
Top shared holdings
182 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVLV | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flex Ltd | 0.49% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 2 | Williams-Sonoma Inc | 0.44% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 3 | ATI Inc | 0.44% | 0.33% | 0.33% |
| 4 | TechnipFMC PLC | 0.45% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 5 | Smurfit Westrock PLC | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 6 | JB Hunt Transport Services Inc | 0.33% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 7 | East West Bancorp Inc | 0.26% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 8 | Talen Energy Corp/Old | 0.27% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 9 | CF Industries Holdings Inc | 0.38% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 10 | EQT Corp | 0.35% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 11 | Expand Energy Corp | 0.20% | 0.27% | 0.20% |
| 12 | Centene Corp | 0.61% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
Only in AVLV
116 total- Microsoft Corp 3.29%
- Micron Technology Inc 2.99%
- Amazon.com Inc 2.91%
- Meta Platforms Inc 2.66%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co 2.59%
- Apple Inc 2.58%
- ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.36%
- Costco Wholesale Corp 2.31%
- Eli Lilly & Co 2.01%
- Verizon Communications Inc 1.69%
Only in VB
1,127 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
- Natera Inc 0.45%
- Twilio Inc 0.38%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
- MKS Instruments Inc 0.37%
- Tapestry Inc 0.36%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.36%
- Carpenter Technology Corp 0.35%
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More comparisons with AVLV
- AVLV vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 12.3%
- AVLV vs IJH · iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF 11.3%
- AVLV vs IWM · iShares Russell 2000 ETF 2.3%
- AVLV vs IJR · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF 1.8%
- AVLV vs DFLV · Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF 40.0%
- AVLV vs DFUV · Dimensional US Marketwide Value ETF 36.8%
More comparisons with VB
- VB vs IWN · iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF 14.9%
- VB vs FNDX · Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company ETF 13.9%
- VB vs IWD · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 13.4%
- VB vs IJS · iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF 13.2%
- VB vs VIOV · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Value Index Fund ETF Shares 13.0%
- VB vs DFAU · Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF 13.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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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.