

Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF outperforms its benchmark IXUS since inception, leveraging value and profitability factors in ex-US markets. AVIV offers low company risk, strong dividend growth, and a low expense ratio, but is notably concentrated in financials. Despite beating IXUS, AVIV lags key peers—JIVE, DFIV, and IVLU—on total and risk-adjusted returns.

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Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF is rated a buy, capitalizing on oversold conditions post-Iran conflict and a potential ceasefire-driven rebound. AVIV offers active management, a strong value tilt, and a 0.25% expense ratio—cheaper than passive peers—while emphasizing energy and industrial exposures. The fund's 15% energy overweight positions AVIV to benefit from sustained high oil prices and a gradual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Avantis International Large Cap Value ETF offers an actively managed international portfolio of over 500 stocks. AVIV emphasizes value, quality, and size factors, outperforming the ex-US benchmark IXUS since inception. The ETF is diversified, with a focus on Europe and significant exposure in financials, and boasts strong recent performance and rising distributions.

Foreign equities have done well in 2025, and it makes sense why — many U.S. investors have looked to zig when U.S. stocks have zagged. That helped foreign equities ETFs spike in the late spring and early summer period.

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