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BAFE vs OEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and OEF hold 31% of their weight in the same names, and OEF returned +16.8% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF, and $20.8bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares S&P 100 ETF.

OEF costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points; OEF is 11.9 times larger.

BAFEOEF
Expense ratio0.54%0.20%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.7bn$20.0bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+16.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 100
Holdings in common31%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%52.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 8, 2026.

+12.3%
BAFE total return, 1 year
+16.8%
OEF total return, 1 year
0.54%
BAFE expense ratio
0.20%
OEF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and OEF hold 31% 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 8, 2026.

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31% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BAFE OEF
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 7.81%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33% 5.02%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04% 4.11%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83% 3.30%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64% 3.20%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06% 11.23%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 3.33% 1.92%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 10.00%
VISA INC. 4.07% 1.29%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 3.52% 0.94%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.66% 0.70%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24% 0.67%
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%
ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. 1.99%
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1.98%
Only in OEF
BROADCOM INC 3.45%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.36%
TESLA INC 2.13%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.04%
ELI LILLY 1.88%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 1.77%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.39%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.24%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
OEF
iShares S&P 100 ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN iShares
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +16.8%
S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%
Gap to the S&P 500 −5.0 pts −0.5 pts
Expense ratio 0.54% 0.20%
Already in the S&P 500 77.5% 99.9%
Holdings 44 102
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and OEF as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.7bn $20.8bn

BAFE and OEF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

BAFE in plain words

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 the S&P 500. 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%.

OEF in plain words

OEF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 52.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or OEF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and OEF +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or OEF?
OEF is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BAFE and OEF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 100% of OEF 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 ↗OEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗OEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for OEF ↗

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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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