AVSU: Solid Value-Leaning ETF For ESG Conscious Investors

2025-04-10 00:02:43 ET

Summary

• Avantis Responsible U.S. Equity ETF is a broad market ESG-focused fund offered by Avantis Investors. Its expense ratio is cheap at 0.15% and the ETF has $300 million in assets under management.
• Avantis takes an exclusions-based approach to portfolio management, excluding companies with significant revenue derived from oil and gas, civilian firearms, nuclear weapons, palm oil production, tobacco, and gambling, among others.
• As is typical for the firm, AVSU also offers investors an attractive 15.44x forward P/E ratio, which represents a 16% discount compared to its Russell 3000 Index benchmark.
• Diversification is also exceptional, with only 36% of assets in its top 25. However, key profitability ratios are below average across the board, which could limit outperformance in market drawdowns.
• Overall, AVSU is a solid product but nothing special, so I've assigned it a neutral "hold" rating. A performance and fundamental analysis comparing it with IWV, ESGU, SUSL, and SUSA is below.

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