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BAFE vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and IVV hold 28% of their weight in the same names, and IVV returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF, and $896.4bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Core S&P 500 ETF.

IVV costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.0 points; IVV is far larger, $888.1bn against $1.7bn.

BAFE vs IVV: Differences, Returns & Fees
BAFEIVV
Expense ratio0.54%0.03%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.7bn$888.1bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500
Holdings in common28%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%39.0%

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

+12.3%
BAFE total return, 1 year
+17.3%
IVV total return, 1 year
0.54%
BAFE expense ratio
0.03%
IVV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and IVV 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 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

28% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BAFE IVV
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 5.89%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33% 3.82%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06% 8.23%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04% 3.06%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83% 2.45%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64% 2.35%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 7.29%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 3.33% 1.42%
VISA INC. 4.07% 0.97%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 3.52% 0.71%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.66% 0.52%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24% 0.50%
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 IVV
BROADCOM INC 2.55%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.72%
TESLA INC 1.60%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.47%
ELI LILLY 1.40%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.31%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.03%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.93%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +17.3% (VOO) +17.3% (SPY)
Gap to its benchmark −5.0 pts vs VOO +0.1 pts vs SPY
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 77.5% 99.8%
Holdings 44 505
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and IVV as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.7bn $896.4bn

BAFE and IVV 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 IVV

IVV tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 505 positions, with the top ten at 39.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or IVV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and IVV +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or IVV?
IVV 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 IVV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 100% of IVV 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 ↗IVV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IVV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IVV ↗

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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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