Which returned more over the last year, BND or DYNF?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BND returned −1.3% and DYNF +14.5%.

Which is cheaper, BND or DYNF?

BND is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BND vs DYNF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BND returned −1.3% to DYNF's +14.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $161.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF, and $42.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF.

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At a glance

−1.3%

BND total return, 1 year

+14.5%

DYNF total return, 1 year

0.03%

BND expense ratio

0.26%

DYNF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BND costs 0.23 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.8 points; BND is 3.9 times larger.

BND vs DYNF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BND	DYNF
Return
Measure	BND	DYNF
Total return, 1 year	−1.3%	+14.5%
Drawdown
Measure	BND	DYNF
Below its high	3.5%, high on Aug 6, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	BND	DYNF
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	BND	DYNF
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.26%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$161.4bn	$41.8bn
Holdings
Measure	BND	DYNF
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		95%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		40.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BND and DYNF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BND DYNF

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BND

MKTLIQ 0.92%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.41%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.40%

United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.39%

Only in DYNF

NVIDIA 8.15%

APPLE 8.14%

MICROSOFT 4.76%

AMAZON.COM INC 4.12%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 3.30%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.99%

BROADCOM INC 2.46%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 2.34%

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Side by side

BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF DYNF iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Vanguard iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −1.3% +14.5%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +13.3% (PBUS)

Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs AGG +1.2 pts vs PBUS

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.26%

Holdings 16301 262

Net assets, BND as of Sep 30, 2026 and DYNF as of Oct 27, 2026 $161.4bn $42.7bn

BND and DYNF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

BND

BND tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.3% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index, measured by the closely related Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 6, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

DYNF

DYNF is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% 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 27, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 262 positions, with the top ten at 40.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BND or DYNF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BND returned −1.3% and DYNF +14.5%.
Which is cheaper, BND or DYNF?: BND is cheaper, by 0.23 percentage points a year. That is about $23 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

BND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for BND ↗

DYNF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DYNF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DYNF ↗

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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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