Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value (AVUV) Adds Sprouts, Lyft on Tuesday

gurufocus.com · 2026-10-15

ETF activity on Tuesday showed Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF (AVUV) adding to more positions than it trimmed, with 467 positions increased and 71 decreased.

TickrTrends take: Sprouts Farmers Market operates in the Consumer Defensive sector alongside CALM, and its inclusion in the AVUV small cap value fund reflects investor interest in defensive stocks trading at attractive valuations. Given that TickrTrends currently assesses CALM as overvalued, the addition of another Consumer Defensive name to a value-focused fund underscores how valuations within this sector are being scrutinized by systematic value investors. A valuation-focused reader should monitor whether CALM's current pricing reflects the same disciplined value criteria that drive small cap value fund selections, or whether it trades at a meaningful premium to comparable defensive alternatives.

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