ETF comparison
AVUV vs IJR
Both US Small Cap.
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF · iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
240 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVUV and IJR would leave roughly 27.9% 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
IJR is 19 bps cheaper than AVUV. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/yr more in fees for AVUV.
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 AVUV vs IJR.
Top shared holdings
240 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVUV | In IJR | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viasat Inc | 1.39% | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| 2 | Alkermes PLC | 0.51% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 3 | StoneX Group Inc | 0.77% | 0.46% | 0.46% |
| 4 | Plexus Corp | 0.69% | 0.44% | 0.44% |
| 5 | CarMax Inc | 0.45% | 0.41% | 0.41% |
| 6 | Kodiak Gas Services Inc | 0.56% | 0.40% | 0.40% |
| 7 | Archrock Inc | 0.61% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 8 | Vishay Intertechnology Inc | 0.64% | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| 9 | Argan Inc | 0.36% | 0.60% | 0.36% |
| 10 | SM Energy Co | 0.86% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 11 | MYR Group Inc | 0.32% | 0.42% | 0.32% |
| 12 | Matson Inc | 0.98% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
Only in AVUV
556 total- Lear Corp 0.89%
- Avnet Inc 0.86%
- Macy's Inc 0.78%
- Five Below Inc 0.72%
- Cabot Corp 0.70%
- Lantheus Holdings Inc 0.70%
- GATX Corp 0.68%
- Alaska Air Group Inc 0.64%
- Ryder System Inc 0.60%
- NOV Inc 0.58%
Only in IJR
363 total- FORMFACTOR INC 0.67%
- MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC 0.64%
- BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.60%
- ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC 0.59%
- MAXLINEAR INC 0.58%
- KRYSTAL BIOTECH INC 0.53%
- ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.49%
- MATCH GROUP INC 0.48%
- EVERUS CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC 0.46%
- CORCEPT THERAPEUTICS INC 0.45%
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- AVUV vs BBSC · JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF 24.6%
- AVUV vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 22.7%
- AVUV vs VIOG · Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares 19.1%
More comparisons with IJR
- IJR vs VBR · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF 20.8%
- IJR vs SMLF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF 19.3%
- IJR vs VB · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF 19.0%
- IJR vs VBK · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF 16.4%
- IJR vs CALF · Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cows 100 ETF 10.2%
- IJR vs DON · WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Dividend Fund 7.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open AVUV or IJR at a brokerage
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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.