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BAFE vs SCHX: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and SCHX hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and SCHX returned +16.6% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF, and $72.6bn on May 31, 2026 for Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF.

SCHX costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.3 points.

BAFE vs SCHX: Differences, Returns & Fees
BAFESCHX
Expense ratio0.54%0.03%
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and SCHX as of May 31, 2026$1.7bn$72.6bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+16.6%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedDow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Total Stock Market Index
Holdings in common29%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%37.3%

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

+12.3%
BAFE total return, 1 year
+16.6%
SCHX total return, 1 year
0.54%
BAFE expense ratio
0.03%
SCHX expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and SCHX hold 29% 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.

half

29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BAFE SCHX
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 4.88%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33% 3.87%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04% 3.23%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06% 7.50%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83% 2.57%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64% 2.02%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 6.69%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 3.33% 1.27%
VISA INC. 4.07% 0.80%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 3.52% 0.59%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24% 0.50%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.66% 0.50%
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 SCHX
Broadcom Inc 3.10%
Tesla Inc 1.79%
Micron Technology Inc 1.60%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.28%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.23%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.18%
Exxon Mobil Corp 0.89%
Johnson & Johnson 0.79%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
SCHX
Schwab U.S. Large-Cap ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN Schwab
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +16.6%
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% 94.5%
Holdings 44 748
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and SCHX as of May 31, 2026 $1.7bn $72.6bn

BAFE and SCHX 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 SCHX

SCHX tracks an index of U.S. Large-Cap. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 748 positions, with the top ten at 37.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or SCHX?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and SCHX +16.6%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or SCHX?
SCHX 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 SCHX overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 94% of SCHX 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 ↗SCHX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SCHX 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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