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BDYN vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

BDYN and SPY hold 50% of their weight in the same names, and SPY returned +17.3% over the year. Net assets: $3.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Dynamic Equity Active ETF, and $817.2bn on Oct 8, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

SPY costs 0.30 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; SPY is far larger, $817.2bn against $3.1bn.

BDYN vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
BDYNSPY
Expense ratio0.39%0.09%
Net assets, as of Oct 8, 2026$3.1bn$817.2bn
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+17.3%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedS&P 500 Index
Holdings in common50%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund29.6%39.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+13.2%
BDYN total return, 1 year
+17.3%
SPY total return, 1 year
0.39%
BDYN expense ratio
0.09%
SPY expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BDYN and SPY hold 50% 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 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

50% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BDYN SPY
APPLE 5.76% 7.42%
NVIDIA 4.36% 8.34%
MICROSOFT 3.68% 5.80%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.79% 3.73%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.42% 2.45%
BROADCOM INC 1.80% 2.56%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.79% 2.38%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.90% 1.75%
ELI LILLY 1.97% 1.40%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.14% 1.51%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.11% 1.04%
TESLA INC 1.01% 1.58%
Only in BDYN
SPDR GOLD SHARES 2.18%
ASML HOLDING ADR REPRESENTING 1.34%
UNICREDITO SPA UNSPONSORED ITALY A 1.03%
MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP ADS 0.96%
ING GROEP ADR REP 0.87%
ROLLS ROYCE HOLDINGS ADR PLC 0.73%
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.72%
SUNCOR ENERGY INC 0.72%
Only in SPY
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B 1.42%
CHEVRON CORP 0.62%
PROCTER + GAMBLE CO/THE 0.52%
COCA COLA CO/THE 0.51%
NETFLIX INC 0.45%
RTX CORP 0.37%
WELLS FARGO + CO 0.37%
MORGAN STANLEY 0.34%

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On the same fields

BDYN
iShares Dynamic Equity Active ETF
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year +13.2% +17.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.2% (URTH) +17.3% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark −3.0 pts vs URTH −0.1 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.09%
Already in the S&P 500 67.3% 99.8%
Holdings 371 504
Net assets, BDYN as of Oct 9, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 8, 2026 $3.2bn $817.2bn

BDYN and SPY 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 SPY

SPY tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +17.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BDYN or SPY?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BDYN returned +13.2% and SPY +17.3%.
Which is cheaper, BDYN or SPY?
SPY is cheaper, by 0.30 percentage points a year. That is about $30 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BDYN and SPY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 67% of BDYN and 100% of SPY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where these figures came from
BDYN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BDYN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for BDYN ↗SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗State Street 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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