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BAFE vs DGRW: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and DGRW hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and DGRW returned +12.9% over the year. Net assets on Jun 30, 2026: $1.7bn for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF and $16.6bn for WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund.

DGRW costs 0.26 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.6 points; DGRW is 9.8 times larger.

BAFE vs DGRW: Differences, Returns & Fees
BAFEDGRW
Expense ratio0.54%0.28%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.7bn$16.6bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+12.9%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedWisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Index
Holdings in common28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%36.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

+12.3%
BAFE total return, 1 year
+12.9%
DGRW total return, 1 year
0.54%
BAFE expense ratio
0.28%
DGRW expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and DGRW 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 Jun 30, 2026.

half

28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BAFE DGRW
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 5.74%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06% 7.94%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64% 2.97%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24% 2.92%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83% 2.31%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04% 2.31%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 3.86%
VISA INC. 4.07% 1.41%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.66% 0.99%
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1.98% 0.98%
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION 1.98% 0.95%
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 1.36% 0.64%
Only in BAFE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 7.09%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 3.33%
Suncor Energy Inc. 2.24%
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION 2.03%
ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. 1.99%
Amer Sports, Inc 1.80%
DANAHER CORPORATION 1.73%
Only in DGRW
COCA-COLA COMPANY (THE) 2.88%
HOME DEPOT INC (THE) 2.81%
BROADCOM INC 2.34%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.34%
ORACLE CORP 2.34%
ABBVIE INC 2.07%
CATERPILLAR INC 1.80%
APPLIED MATERIALS INC 1.71%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
DGRW
WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN WisdomTree
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of U.S. Quality Dividend Growth
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +12.9%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (VOO) not published
Gap to its benchmark −5.0 pts vs VOO not available
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.28%
Already in the S&P 500 77.5% 96.7%
Holdings 44 197
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 $1.7bn $16.6bn

BAFE and DGRW 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 DGRW

DGRW tracks an index of U.S. Quality Dividend Growth. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.28% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 197 positions, with the top ten at 36.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or DGRW?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and DGRW +12.9%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or DGRW?
DGRW is cheaper, by 0.26 percentage points a year. That is about $26 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BAFE and DGRW overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 97% of DGRW 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 ↗DGRW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DGRW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗WisdomTree page for DGRW ↗

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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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