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BAFE vs VV: Differences, Returns & Fees

BAFE and VV hold 29% of their weight in the same names, and VV returned +17.1% over the year. Net assets: $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF, and $54.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Large-Cap ETF.

VV costs 0.51 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.8 points; VV is far larger, $73.8bn against $1.7bn.

BAFE vs VV: Differences, Returns & Fees
BAFEVV
Expense ratio0.54%0.03%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026$1.7bn$73.8bn
Total return, 1 year+12.3%+17.1%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedCRSP US Large Cap Index
Holdings in common29%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund42.2%38.2%

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

+12.3%
BAFE total return, 1 year
+17.1%
VV total return, 1 year
0.54%
BAFE expense ratio
0.03%
VV expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BAFE and VV 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

half

29% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BAFE VV
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 4.85% 5.82%
AMAZON.COM, INC. 4.33% 3.88%
ALPHABET INC. 4.04% 3.08%
NVIDIA CORPORATION 3.06% 7.84%
ALPHABET INC. 3.83% 2.42%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.64% 1.94%
APPLE INC. 1.69% 7.19%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. 3.33% 1.37%
VISA INC. 4.07% 0.90%
MASTERCARD INCORPORATED 3.52% 0.72%
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.66% 0.61%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED 3.24% 0.55%
Only in BAFE
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited 7.09%
Suncor Energy Inc. 2.24%
Amer Sports, Inc 1.80%
ILLUMINA, INC. 1.52%
SAP SE 1.49%
SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S.A. 1.34%
US FOODS HOLDING CORP. 1.33%
WATSCO, INC. 1.20%
Only in VV
Broadcom Inc 2.71%
Micron Technology Inc 1.67%
Tesla Inc 1.60%
Eli Lilly & Co 1.51%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.47%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 1.19%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 1.03%
Johnson & Johnson 0.99%

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On the same fields

BAFE
Brown Advisory Flexible Equity ETF
VV
Vanguard Morningstar Large-Cap ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer BROWN Vanguard
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +12.3% +17.1%
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% 98.0%
Holdings 44 434
Net assets, BAFE as of Jun 30, 2026 and VV as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.7bn $54.1bn

BAFE and VV 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 VV

VV tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 434 positions, with the top ten at 38.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BAFE or VV?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BAFE returned +12.3% and VV +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, BAFE or VV?
VV 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 VV overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 78% of BAFE and 98% of VV 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 ↗VV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗VV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Vanguard page for VV ↗

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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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