AVUV: Quality Advantages Make This Small-Cap Value ETF A Winner

The Sunday Investor 7.41K Followers Follow Summary The Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF earns a 'buy' rating for its focus on quality and value, outperforming passive peers over a full market cycle. AVUV's active management emphasizes low valuations and high profitability, resulting in superior margins, ROIC, and ROE compared to IJS and IWN. With a forward P/E of 11.91x and double-digit next-year EPS growth, AVUV offers attractive valuation and multiple sources of potential total returns. AVUV demonstrates strong resiliency in downturns, with a 'Worst 12 Months' result of -10.91%, outperforming IJS and IWN by a wide margin. Supatman/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis I last covered the Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF ( AVUV ) on September 23, 2025, in an educational review that highlighted its core advantages over passively managed funds like the iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF ( This article was written by The Sunday Investor 7.41K Followers Follow The Sunday Investor is focused exclusively on U.S. Equity ETFs. He has a strong analytical background, has received a Certificate of Advanced Investment Advice from the Canadian Securities Institute, and has completed all the educational requirements for the Chartered Investment Manager designation.Having covered hundreds of ETFs on Seeking Alpha, The Sunday Investor has developed a complex, proprietary ETF Rankings system which he shares on his website, etf-rankings.com. Nearly 1,000 ETFs receive individual factor scores covering costs, liquidity, risk, size, value, dividends, growth, quality, momentum, and sentiment, which feed into an easy-to-understand composite score from 1-10. The Sunday Investor is always active in the comments section in his articles - please don't hesitate to reach out via comment in any article or by visiting etf-rankings.com. Happy Investing! Analyst’s Disclosure: I/we have a beneficial long position in the shares of AVUV either through stock ownership, options, or other derivatives. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. Seeking Alpha's Disclosure: Past performance is no guarantee of future results. No recommendation or advice is being given as to whether any investment is suitable for a particular investor. Any views or opinions expressed above may not reflect those of Seeking Alpha as a whole. Seeking Alpha is not a licensed securities dealer, broker or US investment adviser or investment bank. Our analysts are third party authors that include both professional investors and individual investors who may not be licensed or certified by any institute or regulatory body.