The Avantis lineup of actively managed ETFs has had a strong first quarter of 2025. The five-most-popular funds to start the year pulled in $3.7 billion. All of the ETFs take a similar active approach but are tailored based on the fund’s investment style.
Avantis ETFs aim to increase expected returns by overweighting securities that management believes are trading at lower valuations with higher profitability ratios. The funds are not index-based but seek to deliver an experience many advisors have come to expect with an index ETF. Those include diversification, low turnover, and transparency of exposures. However, the ETFs have the ability to add value by management’s making investment decisions.
VettaFi believes the strong appeal of the Avantis lineup is that the funds are built to fit into an investor’s asset allocation. Let’s take a closer look. All data is as of March 28.
Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF (AVLV)
The $6.2 billion ETF pulled in $1.2 billion thus far in 2025. AVLV was down 2.7% in value. Financials (21% of assets), industrials (17%), consumer discretionary (17%), and energy (14%) stocks were most represented. Those included Caterpillar, Chevron, Exxon Mobil, and JPMorgan Chase.
Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF (AVUV)
The $15 billion ETF has gathered $960 million year to date. AVUV was down 9.4% in value. Financials (30% of assets), industrials (19%), consumer discretionary (16%), and energy (14%) stocks were again heavily weighted. Air Lease, Archrock, Matson, and SLM Corp were some of the fund’s recent top 10 holdings.
Avantis International Small Cap Value ETF (AVDV)
The $7.8 billion ETF has pulled in $820 million thus far in 2025. AVDV was up 8.4% in value as international stocks were in favor. At the sector level, industrials (21% of assets), materials (20%), financials (18%), and consumer discretionary (14%) were widely held. Japan (31%), the U.K. (13%), Canada (10%), and Australia (9%) were AVDV’s largest country exposure. The fund’s top 10 holdings include B2Gold, Iveco Group, Loomis AB, and Swissquote Group.
Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF (AVEM)
The $7.9 billion ETF has gathered $480 million to start 2025. AVEM rose 2.7% in value. Financials (22% of assets), information technology (21%), consumer discretionary (15%), and industrials (10%) were well-represented in the ETF at the sector level. Meanwhile, China (28%), Taiwan (23%), India (18%), and South Korea (11%) provided diversification at the country level. Alibaba, China Construction Bank, MediaTek, and Samsung Electronics were among the AVEM’s largest positions.
Avantis International Equity ETF (AVDE)
The $6.0 billion ETF had $250 million of net inflows to kick off 2025. AVDE was up 9.0% year to date. Financials (24% of assets), industrials (19%), consumer discretionary (12%), materials (10%) stocks can be found throughout the portfolio. AVDE is a developed markets ETF, with Japan (21%), the U.K. (13%), Canada (11%), and France (9%) the markets most represented. HSBC, Toyota Motor, Shell PLC, and Zurich Insurance are some of the fund’s positions.
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