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BAFE vs CGDV: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and CGDV hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and CGDV returned +18.5% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF, and $38.9bn on Oct 8, 2026 for Capital Group Dividend Value ETF.

CGDV costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.2 points.

BAFE vs CGDV: Differences, Returns & Fees
BAFECGDV
Expense ratio0.54%0.33%
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and CGDV as of Oct 8, 2026$1.7bn$38.9bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+18.5%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%38.7%
Below its high3.4%, high on Aug 13, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

+12.3%
BAFE total return, 1 year
+18.5%
CGDV total return, 1 year
0.54%
BAFE expense ratio
0.33%
CGDV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and CGDV hold 28% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BAFE CGDV
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 5.81%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04% 3.59%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64% 3.33%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06% 5.66%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 7.09% 2.16%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24% 2.02%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33% 1.88%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1.78% 3.08%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 2.36%
CARRIER GLOBAL CORPORATION 1.53% 2.64%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 3.52% 1.30%
Mondelez International, Inc. 1.38% 0.79%
Only in BAFE
VISA INC. 4.07%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83%
KLA CORPORATION 3.48%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 3.33%
UNITED RENTALS, INC. 3.04%
KKR & CO. INC. 2.94%
Suncor Energy Inc. 2.24%
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION 2.03%
Only in CGDV
Broadcom Inc 5.16%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.15%
Applied Materials Inc 3.12%
Cisco Systems Inc 3.02%
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd 2.83%
RTX Corp 2.82%
British American Tobacco PLC 2.66%
Starbucks Corp 2.26%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
CGDV
Capital Group Dividend Value ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN Capital Group
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +18.5%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (VOO) +26.4% (IWD)
Gap to its benchmark −5.0 pts vs VOO −7.9 pts vs IWD
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.33%
Already in the S&P 500 77.5% 91.0%
Holdings 44 53
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and CGDV as of Oct 8, 2026 $1.7bn $38.9bn

BAFE and CGDV on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About BAFE

BAFE is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 78% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 44 positions, with the top ten at 42.2%.

About CGDV

CGDV is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 53 positions, with the top ten at 38.7%. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested, against +26.4% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or CGDV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and CGDV +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or CGDV?
CGDV is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BAFE and CGDV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 91% of CGDV by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
BAFE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BAFE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗BROWN website ↗CGDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗CGDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Capital Group page for CGDV ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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