What Avantis U.S. Equity ETF (AVUS) Bought: Exxon Mobil Leads on Oct. 29 GuruFocus News Mon, November 2, 2026 at 6:05 AM EST 3 min read MSFT -1.55% AAPL -1.23% XOM +2.16% LLY +3.19% META -1.53% Explore stocks on Coinbase Trading disclosure Trading disclosure The above button links to Coinbase. Yahoo Finance is not a broker-dealer or investment adviser and does not offer securities or cryptocurrencies for sale or facilitate trading. Coinbase pays us for certain activity generated through this link. Prices displayed are informational.
Avantis U.S. Equity ETF (AVUS) added to its portfolio last Thursday, with net buying of $213.4 million against $226.2 million in gross ETF activity. The fund increased 434 positions and trimmed 537, with total assets of $14.67 billion.
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Its largest buys by dollar value were XOM ($201.7 million), MSFT ($1.9 million) and LLY ($1.6 million).
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Its largest sells by dollar value were LRCX ($0.2 million), MRK ($0.2 million) and COST ($0.2 million).
Exxon Mobil led the buys, a new position of 1,100,229 shares worth $201.7 million and 1.36% of assets. Microsoft added 3,584 shares for $1.9 million, Eli Lilly 1,155 shares for $1.6 million, and Apple and Meta Platforms $0.7 million each. The largest sells were small: Lam Research, Merck, Costco, Gilead Sciences and Caterpillar each saw reductions of $0.2 million or less, and no positions were fully exited.
Avantis U.S. Equity ETF (AVUS) is an Equity US fund holding 1,117 stocks, with 29.4% of assets in its top 10. Technology is its largest sector at 29.9%, followed by Financial Services at 16.2% and Consumer Cyclical at 10.7%. Large caps make up 90.5% of the mix, mid caps 8.5% and small caps 1.0%. It charges 0.15% and its top holdings are Apple at 5.93%, Nvidia at 5.43%, Microsoft at 4.7%, Amazon at 3.26% and Micron Technology at 2.2%. The fund has a GF Score of 86, a P/E of 19.28, a P/B of 3.44, a dividend yield of 0.92% and a year-to-date return of 15.44%.
Technology 29.9%, Financial Services 16.2%, Consumer Cyclical 10.7%
AAPL (5.93%), NVDA (5.43%), MSFT (4.70%), AMZN (3.26%), MU (2.20%)
Holdings, performance and fees for AVUS are on its fund summary page; the ETF Screener lines it up against its peers. For the stock behind its biggest buy, see XOM's GF Value page and guru trades.
Watch whether Exxon Mobil's new 1.36% stake is built up further in the next holdings update, and whether the small trims across Lam Research, Merck and Costco continue.
Based on holdings changes reported by Avantis U.S. Equity ETF (AVUS) for Oct. 29, 2026, US-listed stocks only.
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