Verified factor-similar pair

AVLV vs PY

These two ETFs pass the same FF6 US similarity lane: US-listed equity ETFs, same USD model basis, at least one material non-market factor, and 100% overlap in statistically significant material factor exposure.

HML
Similarity score
82
Verified similar

Score blends exposure-level distance, factor-vector shape, market-beta closeness, and a small backtested relative-Sharpe term.

AVLV

Avantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETF
HML
Adj. R2
0.936
Rel. Sharpe
1.393
Mkt beta
1.00
AUM
US$10.9B
MER
0.15%
Valuation
143

PY

Principal Value ETF
HML
Adj. R2
0.900
Rel. Sharpe
0.606
Mkt beta
1.01
AUM
US$204M
MER
0.15%
Valuation
113

Factor Exposure Match

Blue bars compare raw factor beta magnitude. Green bars compare absolute t-stat strength. Dim bars indicate the t-stat is below 1.96.

SMB
AVLV
+0.20
|t|
+2.7
PY
+0.19
|t|
+2.7
diff +0.00
HML
AVLV
+0.29
|t|
+4.0
PY
+0.42
|t|
+6.9
diff -0.13
RMW
AVLV
+0.11
|t|
+1.5
PY
+0.15
|t|
+1.9
diff -0.04
CMA
AVLV
+0.18
|t|
+2.0
PY
+0.08
|t|
+0.9
diff +0.10
UMD
AVLV
+0.01
|t|
+0.1
PY
-0.09
|t|
-1.8
diff +0.09

Why This Pair Matches

Exposure level
79
Exposure shape
96
Mkt beta diff
0.01
Rel. Sharpe diff
0.787

This comparison focuses on measured factor exposure, not a qualitative review of each fund's portfolio-construction process. Backtested relative Sharpe is included as a secondary signal, while we continue refining a comparison metric that separates factor payoff from alpha. See methodology.

AVLV fund page PY fund page US ETF Leaders US Universe
Important context

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