Verified factor-similar pair

AVUV vs DFSV

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 HML RMW
Similarity score
83
Verified similar

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

AVUV

Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF
SMB HML RMW
Adj. R2
0.975
Rel. Sharpe
1.096
Mkt beta
1.06
AUM
US$24.8B
MER
0.25%
Valuation
123

DFSV

Dimensional US Small Cap Value ETF
SMB HML RMW
Adj. R2
0.978
Rel. Sharpe
1.278
Mkt beta
1.01
AUM
US$7.1B
MER
0.30%
Valuation
92

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
AVUV
+0.90
|t|
+15.5
DFSV
+0.88
|t|
+14.3
diff +0.03
HML
AVUV
+0.53
|t|
+11.5
DFSV
+0.43
|t|
+7.2
diff +0.10
RMW
AVUV
+0.28
|t|
+4.6
DFSV
+0.26
|t|
+4.1
diff +0.02
CMA
AVUV
-0.05
|t|
-0.7
DFSV
+0.10
|t|
+1.5
diff -0.15
UMD
AVUV
-0.01
|t|
-0.3
DFSV
-0.08
|t|
-1.9
diff +0.06

Why This Pair Matches

Exposure level
80
Exposure shape
99
Mkt beta diff
0.04
Rel. Sharpe diff
0.181

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.

AVUV fund page DFSV fund page US ETF Leaders US Universe
Important context

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