ETF comparison

AVDVvsVSS

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
23.2%

923 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVDV and VSS would leave roughly23.2%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AVDV only 76.1%Shared 23.2%VSS only 75.4%
In AVDV only
832 positions
Shared
923 positions
In VSS only
3,877 positions

Side by side

AVDV

Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF

Avantis · International Developed

81composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.36%
Net assets
$20.50B
TTM yield
3.13%
Top-10 conc.
8.1%
VSS

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

Vanguard · International Developed

93composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.060%
Net assets
$14.47B
TTM yield
3.16%
Top-10 conc.
8.7%

Sub-score comparison

64
Cost
94
77
Tax efficiency
77
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
AVDVsub-scoreVSS

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with AVDV vs VSS.

Top shared holdings

923 shared in total
#HoldingIn AVDVIn VSSOverlap
1Finning International Inc0.28%0.26%0.26%
2Hudbay Minerals Inc0.67%0.23%0.23%
3NKT A/S0.42%0.21%0.21%
4Capital Power Corp0.25%0.20%0.20%
5Eldorado Gold Corp0.33%0.20%0.20%
6South Bow Corp0.24%0.19%0.19%
7Aurubis AG0.23%0.19%0.19%
8Saipem SpA0.54%0.19%0.19%
9OceanaGold Corp0.62%0.19%0.19%
10IG Group Holdings PLC0.22%0.18%0.18%
11B2Gold Corp0.59%0.16%0.16%
12Perseus Mining Ltd0.62%0.14%0.14%

Only in AVDV

832 total
  • Mitsui Kinzoku Co Ltd1.37%
  • Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd0.74%
  • Coeur Mining Inc0.61%
  • Whitehaven Coal Ltd0.61%
  • Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd0.56%
  • Whitecap Resources Inc0.54%
  • Mitsubishi Materials Corp0.42%
  • JTEKT Corp0.40%
  • IAMGOLD Corp0.38%
  • ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd0.37%

Only in VSS

3,877 total
  • Aritzia Inc0.27%
  • Accelleron Industries AG0.27%
  • Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA0.24%
  • Macronix International Co Ltd0.24%
  • Games Workshop Group PLC0.23%
  • WinWay Technology Co Ltd0.23%
  • Taiwan Union Technology Corp0.22%
  • Subsea 7 SA0.22%
  • Storebrand ASA0.21%
  • Compeq Manufacturing Co Ltd0.21%

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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.