Avantis US Small Cap Equity ETF

AVSC

Capitalización de mercado USD 3028 M

Small-cap equities are winning out against their large-cap counterparts in a classic David versus Goliath ETF battle. After years of mega-cap technology dominance, small-cap equities have delivered investors a historic first half of 2026.

On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, VettaFi's Head of Research, Todd Rosenbluth, discussed the Avantis U.S. Small Cap Equity ETF (AVSC) with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life. The pair discussed several topics related to the ETF, in order to give investors a deeper understanding of it.

On this episode of the “ETF of the Week” podcast, VettaFi's Head of Research, Todd Rosenbluth, discussed the Avantis U.S Small Cap Equity ETF (AVSC) with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life. For more news, information, and analysis, visit the Equity ETFs Content Hub.

The big rally in small caps has the Russell 2000 easily outpacing the S&P 500 this year. While large-cap tech titans dominate the headlines, small companies have been quietly making noise with investors who have already caught on to the trend.

It's a small world after all. Small-caps stocks, that is.

There has been a visible disparity between the performance of U.S. small-caps and U.S. large-caps so far this year. What hasn't been too visible is a lot of investor interest in the action.

These ETFs will soar if small-cap stocks roar back. These ETFs will soar if small-cap stocks roar back.

And what to look for when shopping for one.

Small-cap ETFs like AVSC, XSVM, BBSC, SVAL and EES are soaring in July, fueled by rate cut hopes, deep discounts and sector rebounds.

AVSC offers exposure to 1000+ small-cap stocks with attractive value and profitability characteristics. Its expense ratio is 0.25% and the ETF has $1.27 billion in assets under management. Exposure to the size factor is high, and AVSC's $1.44 billion weighted average market cap is one of the lowest among any U.S. Equity ETF trading today. Unfortunately, AVSC fails to deliver on its quality objective, mainly due to extreme diversification at the company level. Over 20% of the fund's holdings by weight are unprofitable.