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BAFE vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and VIG hold 18% of their weight in the same names. Net assets: $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF, and $109.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF.

VIG costs 0.50 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points.

BAFE vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees
BAFEVIG
Expense ratio0.54%0.04%
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and VIG as of Sep 30, 2026$1.7bn$109.1bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+12.0%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
Holdings in common18%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%33.5%

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

+12.3%
BAFE total return, 1 year
+12.0%
VIG total return, 1 year
0.54%
BAFE expense ratio
0.04%
VIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and VIG hold 18% 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 Aug 31, 2026.

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18% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BAFE VIG
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 4.67%
VISA INC. 4.07% 2.50%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 3.52% 2.03%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 4.50%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.66% 1.72%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24% 1.51%
KLA CORPORATION 3.48% 0.98%
ANALOG DEVICES, INC. 1.98% 0.75%
DANAHER CORPORATION 1.73% 0.57%
LOWE'S COMPANIES, INC. 0.85% 0.49%
INTUIT INC. 0.80% 0.42%
ELEVANCE HEALTH, INC. 1.99% 0.35%
Only in BAFE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 7.09%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 3.33%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06%
UNITED RENTALS, INC. 3.04%
Only in VIG
Broadcom Inc 4.34%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 4.07%
Eli Lilly & Co 3.90%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.84%
Johnson & Johnson 2.73%
Walmart Inc 1.96%
AbbVie Inc 1.93%
Cisco Systems Inc 1.86%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
VIG
Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Dividend growth
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +12.0%
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% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 77.5% 92.6%
Holdings 44 335
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and VIG as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.7bn $109.1bn

BAFE and VIG 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 VIG

VIG tracks an index of Dividend growth. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 335 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or VIG?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and VIG +12.0%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or VIG?
VIG is cheaper, by 0.50 percentage points a year. That is about $50 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BAFE and VIG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 93% of VIG 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 ↗VIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VIG ↗

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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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