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BAFE vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and RDVY hold 23% of their weight in the same names, and RDVY returned +20.2% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF, and $25.5bn on Oct 9, 2026 for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

RDVY costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.9 points; RDVY is 14.5 times larger.

BAFE vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
BAFERDVY
Expense ratio0.54%0.47%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.7bn$24.5bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+20.2%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Holdings in common23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%23.2%
Below its high4.9%, high on Aug 13, 2026

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

+12.3%
BAFE total return, 1 year
+20.2%
RDVY total return, 1 year
0.54%
BAFE expense ratio
0.47%
RDVY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and RDVY hold 23% 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

23% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BAFE RDVY
KLA CORPORATION 3.48% 2.39%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 2.23%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06% 2.23%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64% 2.20%
VISA INC. 4.07% 2.16%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04% 1.98%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.66% 1.91%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 1.66%
THE CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION 1.98% 1.46%
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY 1.78% 1.33%
BOOKING HOLDINGS INC. 1.88% 1.20%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 3.52% 0.98%
Only in BAFE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 7.09%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 3.33%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24%
UNITED RENTALS, INC. 3.04%
KKR & CO. INC. 2.94%
Suncor Energy Inc. 2.24%
Only in RDVY
Applied Materials, Inc. 2.62%
Lam Research Corporation 2.55%
GE Vernova Inc. 2.34%
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.24%
Micron Technology, Inc. 2.21%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.13%
Expedia Group, Inc. 2.09%
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.06%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
RDVY
First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN First Trust
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +20.2%
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% 0.47%
Already in the S&P 500 77.5% 94.3%
Holdings 44 72
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and RDVY as of Oct 9, 2026 $1.7bn $25.5bn

BAFE and RDVY 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 RDVY

RDVY tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 72 positions, with the top ten at 23.2%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or RDVY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and RDVY +20.2%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or RDVY?
RDVY is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BAFE and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 94% of RDVY 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 ↗RDVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗RDVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for RDVY ↗

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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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