AVUV’s worst drop since 2019 was 49%
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF (AVUV) fell 49% from Dec 2019 to Mar 2020. It took 0.9 years from that peak to close at a new high, in Nov 2020. Over the same years the S&P 500 fell as much as 34%.
That drop is milder than most. It ranks 105th of the 203 ETFs PortfolioAutopsy tracks, counted from the deepest.
Drawdown from the last high, 2019 to now
How AVUV held up in each crash
| Crash | Years | AVUV | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dot-com bust | 2000–02 | not trading yet | −47.5% |
| Financial crisis | 2007–09 | not trading yet | −55.2% |
| COVID crash | 2020 | −49.1% | −33.7% |
| 2022 rate shock | 2022 | −20.1% | −24.5% |
Each number is the deepest fall from a high inside that window, using daily prices with dividends reinvested.
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What was AVUV’s maximum drawdown?
AVUV’s deepest fall since 2019 was 49.4%, from its high on December 18, 2019 to its low on March 23, 2020. The figure uses daily prices with dividends reinvested.
How long did AVUV take to recover?
0.9 years. AVUV first closed above its Dec 2019 high again on November 23, 2020.
Was AVUV riskier than the S&P 500?
Over the same years, AVUV’s worst drop was 49.4% against 33.7% for the S&P 500 (SPY), and its worst 12 months were −16.7% against −19.7%.
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Daily adjusted closes from Yahoo Finance, September 27, 2019 through October 13, 2026, dividends reinvested. Historical facts, not a forecast and not investment advice.