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BAFE vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and SCHB hold 27% of their weight in the same names, and SCHB returned +16.8% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF, and $43.3bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

SCHB costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.5 points.

BAFE vs SCHB: Differences, Returns & Fees
BAFESCHB
Expense ratio0.54%0.03%
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and SCHB as of May 31, 2026$1.7bn$43.3bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+16.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedDow Jones U.S. Broad Stock Market Index
Holdings in common27%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%34.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and SCHB hold 27% 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 May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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27% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BAFE SCHB
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 4.57%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33% 3.62%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06% 7.02%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04% 3.03%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83% 2.41%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64% 1.89%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 6.26%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 3.33% 1.19%
VISA INC. 4.07% 0.75%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 3.52% 0.55%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24% 0.47%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.66% 0.47%
Only in BAFE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 7.09%
Suncor Energy Inc. 2.24%
Amer Sports, Inc 1.80%
SAP SE 1.49%
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 1.34%
Nomad Foods Limited 0.48%
Only in SCHB
Broadcom Inc 2.90%
Tesla Inc 1.68%
Micron Technology Inc 1.49%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.20%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.15%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.10%
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.83%
Johnson & Johnson 0.74%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
SCHB
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN Schwab
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of US broad 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% 88.8%
Holdings 44 2405
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and SCHB as of May 31, 2026 $1.7bn $43.3bn

BAFE and SCHB 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 SCHB

SCHB tracks an index of US broad 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 filed for May 31, 2026, 89% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,405 positions, with the top ten at 34.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or SCHB?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and SCHB +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or SCHB?
SCHB 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 SCHB overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 89% of SCHB 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 ↗SCHB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Schwab website ↗

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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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