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AVUV — Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF
AVUV is an actively managed U.S. small-cap value ETF: profitability, value, and investment signals vs. a Russell 2000 Value–style opportunity set.
AVUV price history
Total return (Yahoo adjusted close—dividends and splits per Yahoo), normalized to $10,000 at first available trade date. Educational only.
Strategy
Avantis applies DFA-style academic tilts with real-time implementation: emphasize higher expected returns from size, value, and profitability while avoiding the junkiest balance sheets in the small-cap value box.
The fund is diversified across hundreds of names but still carries small-cap liquidity and credit beta—read semiannual reports for sector tilts when banks or energy dominate the value cohort.
Manager and Issuer Pedigree
Avantis’s leadership came from Dimensional Fund Advisors; the shop’s DNA is market-wide diversification with systematic tilts rather than 20-name deep value bets—AVUV is the retail ETF expression of that philosophy.
American Century surpassed $300 billion in assets under supervision in Sept. 2025; Avantis is one of the fastest-growing sleeves inside that ecosystem, which matters for trading infrastructure in illiquid names.
Outperformance
Outperforms when profitability spreads widen and investors rotate out of mega-cap concentration, classic “catch-up” trades after large-cap growth derates.
Underperforms in liquidity-driven rallies where unprofitable small caps squeeze higher, or when credit markets seize; favorable tape is improving fundamentals with orderly funding markets, not every Fed pivot.
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Official ETF page
Read the official ETF page for current NAV, holdings, and documents: Avantis (AVUV).