BDYN vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees

BDYN and VTI hold 48% of their weight in the same names, and VTI returned +16.8% over the year. Net assets: $3.2bn on Oct 9, 2026 for iShares Dynamic Equity Active ETF, and $689.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF.

VTI costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.6 points; VTI is far larger, $689.2bn against $3.1bn.

BDYN vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees
BDYNVTI
Expense ratio0.39%0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$3.1bn$689.2bn
Total return, 1 year+13.2%+16.8%
What it tracksNo index, actively managedCRSP US Total Market Index
Holdings in common48%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund29.6%33.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+13.2%
BDYN total return, 1 year
+16.8%
VTI total return, 1 year
0.39%
BDYN expense ratio
0.03%
VTI expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BDYN and VTI 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 Aug 31, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

half

48% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BDYN VTI
APPLE 5.76% 6.30%
NVIDIA 4.36% 6.88%
MICROSOFT 3.68% 5.11%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.79% 3.41%
ALPHABET CLASS C 3.42% 2.12%
BROADCOM INC 1.80% 2.38%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.79% 1.70%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.90% 1.47%
ELI LILLY 1.97% 1.33%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 1.14% 1.04%
TESLA INC 1.01% 1.40%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.11% 0.90%
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%
SUNCOR ENERGY INC 0.72%
SHELL ADR EACH REPRESENTING 0.70%
Only in VTI
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 1.23%
Chevron Corp 0.53%
Netflix Inc 0.46%
Procter & Gamble Co/The 0.46%
Coca-Cola Co/The 0.41%
RTX Corp 0.38%
Wells Fargo & Co 0.36%
Morgan Stanley 0.34%

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On the same fields

BDYN
iShares Dynamic Equity Active ETF
VTI
Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of US total market
Total return, 1 year +13.2% +16.8%
Its benchmark over the same days +16.2% (URTH) not published
Gap to its benchmark −3.0 pts vs URTH not available
Expense ratio 0.39% 0.03%
Already in the S&P 500 67.3% 88.1%
Holdings 371 3509
Net assets, BDYN as of Oct 9, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.2bn $689.2bn

BDYN and VTI 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 VTI

VTI tracks an index of US total market. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +16.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Aug 31, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,509 positions, with the top ten at 33.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BDYN or VTI?
In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BDYN returned +13.2% and VTI +16.8%.
Which is cheaper, BDYN or VTI?
VTI is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BDYN and VTI overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 67% of BDYN and 88% of VTI by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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