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Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF

$73.84+0.70% today
547552-WK

Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in equity securities of small capitalization companies located in the United States. The fund may also engage in securities lending and invest its collateral in eligible securities, such as a government money market fund. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) that does not seek to replicate the performance of a specified index. The portfolio managers continually analyze market and financial data to make buy, sell, and hold decisions.

Price & daily flows
70.764.858.873.84DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +25.2% so far this year. At 0.25% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$1.4Bassets under management
0.25%expense ratio · $25 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
111Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1161holdings
2022listed January 10, 2022
Sector weights
Financial Services25.7%
Financials25.36%
Finance24.61%
Consumer Discretionary18.66%
Industrials16.86%
Consumer Cyclical12.71%
Healthcare11.89%
Health Technology10.07%
Information Technology9.28%
Technology9.12%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.61%
Bermuda1.41%
Other0.66%
Puerto Rico0.4%
Cayman Islands0.24%
Luxembourg0.23%
Canada0.22%
Mexico0.17%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.9%
1 month+2.3%
3 months+8.4%
6 months+13.6%
YTD+25.2%
1 year+29.7%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
17%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.9%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
92Kshares traded
The case against AVSC

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat AVSC on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-20bp on fee · 94× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF0.04%$1.7B+$15M-21bp on fee · +$15M in over the monthHead-to-head
VO Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund0.04%$68.1B-21bp on fee · 50× the assetsHead-to-head
IMCG iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF0.06%$4.2B+$69M-19bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$69M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCV iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF0.06%$1.2B+$20M-19bp on fee · +$20M in over the monthHead-to-head
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