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BAFE vs DYNF: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and DYNF hold 26% of their weight in the same names, and DYNF returned +19.6% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF, and $42.9bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF.

DYNF costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.3 points; DYNF is far larger, $38.0bn against $1.7bn.

BAFE vs DYNF: Differences, Returns & Fees
BAFEDYNF
Expense ratio0.54%0.26%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.7bn$38.0bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+19.6%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%41.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+12.3%
BAFE total return, 1 year
+19.6%
DYNF total return, 1 year
0.54%
BAFE expense ratio
0.26%
DYNF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and DYNF hold 26% 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 Oct 9, 2026.

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26% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BAFE DYNF
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 5.08%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33% 4.18%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06% 8.39%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64% 2.65%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04% 2.48%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83% 2.05%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 7.73%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.66% 1.85%
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.90% 0.57%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24% 0.42%
BOOKING HOLDINGS INC. 1.88% 0.39%
VISA INC. 4.07% 0.38%
Only in BAFE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 7.09%
KLA CORPORATION 3.48%
UNITED RENTALS, INC. 3.04%
KKR & CO. INC. 2.94%
Suncor Energy Inc. 2.24%
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION 2.03%
Amer Sports, Inc 1.80%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1.78%
Only in DYNF
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 3.20%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.74%
BROADCOM INC 2.55%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.96%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.89%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.77%
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 1.67%
CATERPILLAR INC 1.61%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
DYNF
iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN iShares
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +19.6%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (VOO) +16.9% (PBUS)
Gap to its benchmark −5.0 pts vs VOO +2.6 pts vs PBUS
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.26%
Already in the S&P 500 77.5% 94.8%
Holdings 44 261
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and DYNF as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.7bn $42.9bn

BAFE and DYNF 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 DYNF

DYNF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 261 positions, with the top ten at 41.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or DYNF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and DYNF +19.6%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or DYNF?
DYNF is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BAFE and DYNF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 95% of DYNF 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 ↗DYNF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗DYNF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for DYNF ↗

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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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