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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DYNF returned +14.5% and VDC +12.7%.

Which is cheaper, DYNF or VDC?

VDC is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do DYNF and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 95% of DYNF and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DYNF vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DYNF returned +14.5% to VDC's +12.7%; 2% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $42.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF, and $7.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF.

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At a glance

+14.5%

DYNF total return, 1 year

+12.7%

VDC total return, 1 year

0.26%

DYNF expense ratio

0.09%

VDC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VDC costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.8 points; DYNF is 5.6 times larger.

DYNF vs VDC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DYNF	VDC
Return
Measure	DYNF	VDC
Total return, 1 year	+14.5%	+12.7%
Drawdown
Measure	DYNF	VDC
Below its high		3.1%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DYNF	VDC
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	DYNF	VDC
Expense ratio	0.26%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$41.8bn	$7.4bn
Holdings
Measure	DYNF	VDC
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	40.7%	66.0%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DYNF and VDC hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DYNF VDC

WALMART 1.07% 13.86%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 0.29% 4.83%

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 0.21% 12.12%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.20% 9.90%

PEPSICO 0.11% 4.28%

DOLLAR GENERAL CORP 0.10% 1.02%

CASEYS GENERAL STORES INC 0.08% 0.85%

COCA-COLA 0.07% 9.80%

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 0.06% 1.41%

DOLLAR TREE INC 0.02% 0.82%

TARGET CORP 0.02% 2.50%

CELSIUS HOLDINGS 0.01% 0.28%

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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%

Only in VDC

Mondelez International Inc 2.58%

Colgate-Palmolive Co 2.28%

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc 1.48%

Sysco Corp 1.37%

Kenvue Inc 1.26%

Kimberly-Clark Corp 1.02%

Estee Lauder Cos Inc 0.90%

Hershey Co 0.90%

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Side by side

DYNF iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF VDC Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Consumer Staples

Total return, 1 year +14.5% +12.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (PBUS) +12.7% (FSTA)

Gap to its benchmark +1.2 pts vs PBUS 0.0 pts vs FSTA

Expense ratio 0.26% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 94.8% 86.4%

Holdings 262 105

Net assets, DYNF as of Oct 27, 2026 and VDC as of Sep 30, 2026 $42.7bn $7.4bn

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

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About each fund

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%.

VDC

VDC tracks an index of Consumer Staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.7% with distributions reinvested, against +12.7% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Consumer Staples 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 66.0%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DYNF or VDC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DYNF returned +14.5% and VDC +12.7%.
Which is cheaper, DYNF or VDC?: VDC is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DYNF and VDC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 95% of DYNF and 86% of VDC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DYNF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DYNF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DYNF ↗

VDC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VDC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VDC ↗

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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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