ETF comparison
AVUV vs VBK
Both US Small Cap.
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF
Holdings overlap
64 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AVUV and VBK would leave roughly 5.1% 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
VBK is 20 bps cheaper than AVUV. On a $100,000 position that's about $200/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 VBK.
Top shared holdings
64 shared in total| # | Holding | In AVUV | In VBK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argan Inc | 0.36% | 0.30% | 0.30% |
| 2 | Five Below Inc | 0.72% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 3 | Alkermes PLC | 0.51% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 4 | StoneX Group Inc | 0.77% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 5 | Lantheus Holdings Inc | 0.70% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 6 | Granite Construction Inc | 0.31% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 7 | Oscar Health Inc | 0.53% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 8 | NewMarket Corp | 0.42% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 9 | Life Time Group Holdings Inc | 0.17% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 10 | Gentex Corp | 0.45% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 11 | Iridium Communications Inc | 0.71% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 12 | Transocean Ltd | 0.40% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Only in AVUV
732 total- Viasat Inc 1.39%
- Matson Inc 0.98%
- Lear Corp 0.89%
- SM Energy Co 0.86%
- Avnet Inc 0.86%
- Macy's Inc 0.78%
- Cabot Corp 0.70%
- Plexus Corp 0.69%
- GATX Corp 0.68%
- Dana Inc 0.67%
Only in VBK
479 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 1.27%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 1.06%
- Astera Labs Inc 1.05%
- Natera Inc 1.04%
- Twilio Inc 0.88%
- Casey's General Stores Inc 0.83%
- Carpenter Technology Corp 0.82%
- Curtiss-Wright Corp 0.79%
- FTAI Aviation Ltd 0.78%
- nVent Electric PLC 0.77%
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- AVUV vs SCHB · Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF 1.7%
- AVUV vs SCHD · Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF 1.2%
- AVUV vs IWD · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 1.0%
More comparisons with VBK
- VBK vs DFSV · DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio – ETF Class Shares 4.7%
- VBK vs IWD · iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF 4.6%
- VBK vs IWF · iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF 4.1%
- VBK vs VIG · Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares 1.9%
- VBK vs VO · Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF 1.6%
- VBK vs VYM · Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 1.5%
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.