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BAFE vs DFUS: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and DFUS hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and DFUS returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF, and $20.9bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF.

DFUS costs 0.45 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.0 points.

BAFE vs DFUS: Differences, Returns & Fees
BAFEDFUS
Expense ratio0.54%0.09%
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026$1.7bn$20.9bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common29%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%34.6%

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

+12.3%
BAFE total return, 1 year
+17.3%
DFUS total return, 1 year
0.54%
BAFE expense ratio
0.09%
DFUS expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and DFUS hold 29% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BAFE DFUS
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 4.99%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33% 3.83%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06% 6.75%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04% 3.00%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83% 2.48%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64% 1.77%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 6.45%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 3.33% 1.38%
VISA INC. 4.07% 0.88%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 3.52% 0.68%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.66% 0.61%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24% 0.55%
Only in BAFE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 7.09%
Suncor Energy Inc. 2.24%
Amer Sports, Inc 1.80%
SAP SE 1.49%
Nomad Foods Limited 0.48%
Only in DFUS
BROADCOM INC. 2.63%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1.37%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 1.35%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 1.33%
TESLA, INC. 1.27%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 1.12%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORPORATION 0.94%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.90%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
DFUS
Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN Dimensional
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (VOO) +16.7% (IWV)
Gap to its benchmark −5.0 pts vs VOO +0.6 pts vs IWV
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 77.5% 89.4%
Holdings 44 2236
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and DFUS as of Jul 31, 2026 $1.7bn $20.9bn

BAFE and DFUS 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 DFUS

DFUS is actively managed and tracks no index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,236 positions, with the top ten at 34.6%.

Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +16.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or DFUS?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and DFUS +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or DFUS?
DFUS is cheaper, by 0.45 percentage points a year. That is about $45 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BAFE and DFUS overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 89% of DFUS 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 ↗DFUS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DFUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Dimensional website ↗

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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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