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BAFE vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and ITOT hold 26% of their weight in the same names, and ITOT returned +16.8% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF, and $98.1bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

ITOT costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points; ITOT is far larger, $94.1bn against $1.7bn.

BAFE vs ITOT: Differences, Returns & Fees
BAFEITOT
Expense ratio0.54%0.03%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.7bn$94.1bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+16.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P Total U.S. Stock Market
Holdings in common26%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%34.8%

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

+12.3%
BAFE total return, 1 year
+16.8%
ITOT total return, 1 year
0.54%
BAFE expense ratio
0.03%
ITOT expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and ITOT 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 ITOT
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 5.26%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33% 3.41%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06% 7.35%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04% 2.73%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83% 2.19%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64% 2.10%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 6.51%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 3.33% 1.27%
VISA INC. 4.07% 0.87%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 3.52% 0.63%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.66% 0.47%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24% 0.45%
Only in BAFE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 7.09%
KKR & CO. INC. 2.94%
Suncor Energy Inc. 2.24%
Amer Sports, Inc 1.80%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1.78%
SAP SE 1.49%
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 1.36%
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 1.34%
Only in ITOT
BROADCOM INC 2.28%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.54%
TESLA INC 1.43%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.31%
ELI LILLY 1.25%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.17%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.92%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.83%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
ITOT
iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +16.8%
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% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 77.5% 88.1%
Holdings 44 2459
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and ITOT as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.7bn $98.1bn

BAFE and ITOT 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 ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,459 positions, with the top ten at 34.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or ITOT?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and ITOT +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or ITOT?
ITOT is cheaper, by 0.51 percentage points a year. That is about $51 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BAFE and ITOT overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 88% of ITOT 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 ↗ITOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for ITOT ↗

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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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