Verified factor-similar pair

AVSC vs SMMD

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.

SMB
Similarity score
80
Verified similar

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

AVSC

Avantis U.S Small Cap Equity ETF
SMB
Adj. R2
0.988
Rel. Sharpe
1.243
Mkt beta
0.98
AUM
US$2.5B
MER
0.25%
Valuation
129

SMMD

iShares Russell 2500 ETF
SMB
Adj. R2
0.976
Rel. Sharpe
0.740
Mkt beta
1.03
AUM
US$2.9B
MER
0.23%
Valuation
132

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
AVSC
+1.09
|t|
+24.1
SMMD
+0.61
|t|
+15.3
diff +0.47
HML
AVSC
+0.24
|t|
+5.4
SMMD
+0.13
|t|
+3.9
diff +0.11
RMW
AVSC
+0.14
|t|
+2.9
SMMD
-0.06
|t|
-1.3
diff +0.20
CMA
AVSC
+0.02
|t|
+0.5
SMMD
-0.01
|t|
-0.1
diff +0.03
UMD
AVSC
+0.03
|t|
+1.2
SMMD
+0.03
|t|
+1.0
diff +0.01

Why This Pair Matches

Exposure level
78
Exposure shape
99
Mkt beta diff
0.05
Rel. Sharpe diff
0.503

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.

AVSC fund page SMMD fund page US ETF Leaders US Universe
Important context

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