BDYN vs DYNF: Differences, Returns & Fees

BDYN and DYNF hold 48% of their weight in the same names, and DYNF returned +19.6% over the year. Net assets on Oct 9, 2026: $3.2bn for iShares Dynamic Equity Active ETF and $42.9bn for iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF.

DYNF costs 0.13 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.4 points; DYNF is 13.6 times larger.

BDYN vs DYNF: Differences, Returns & Fees
BDYNDYNF
Expense ratio0.39%0.26%
Net assets$3.2bn$42.9bn
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+19.6%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common48%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund29.6%41.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+13.2%
BDYN total return, 1 year
+19.6%
DYNF total return, 1 year
0.39%
BDYN expense ratio
0.26%
DYNF expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BDYN and DYNF hold 48% 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 Oct 9, 2026.

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48% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BDYN DYNF
APPLE 5.76% 7.73%
NVIDIA 4.36% 8.39%
MICROSOFT 3.68% 5.08%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.79% 4.18%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.42% 2.05%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.90% 1.89%
BROADCOM INC 1.80% 2.55%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.79% 2.65%
BANK OF AMERICA 1.28% 1.85%
ELI LILLY 1.97% 1.21%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.14% 1.77%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.11% 2.74%
Only in BDYN
SPDR GOLD SHARES 2.18%
ASML HOLDING ADR REPRESENTING 1.34%
BOEING 1.09%
UNICREDITO SPA UNSPONSORED ITALY A 1.03%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP ADS 0.96%
ING GROEP ADR REP 0.87%
FREEPORT MCMORAN INC 0.75%
ROLLS ROYCE HOLDINGS ADR PLC 0.73%
Only in DYNF
SALESFORCE 1.50%
CHEVRON 1.47%
TRAVELERS COMPANIES 1.42%
RTX 1.00%
ALLSTATE CORP 0.98%
DUKE ENERGY CORP 0.94%
WELLTOWER 0.84%
NETFLIX 0.77%

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On the same fields

BDYN
iShares Dynamic Equity Active ETF
DYNF
iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +13.2% +19.6%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.2% (URTH) +16.9% (PBUS)
Gap to its benchmark −3.0 pts vs URTH +2.6 pts vs PBUS
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.26%
Already in the S&P 500 67.3% 94.8%
Holdings 371 261
Net assets $3.2bn $42.9bn

BDYN and DYNF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About BDYN

BDYN is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +13.2% with distributions reinvested, against +16.2% for its benchmark, the MSCI World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 67% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 371 positions, with the top ten at 29.6%.

About DYNF

DYNF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +19.6% with distributions reinvested, against +16.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.26% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 261 positions, with the top ten at 41.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BDYN or DYNF?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BDYN returned +13.2% and DYNF +19.6%.
Which is cheaper, BDYN or DYNF?
DYNF is cheaper, by 0.13 percentage points a year. That is about $13 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BDYN and DYNF overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 67% of BDYN and 95% of DYNF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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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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