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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DYNF returned +14.5% and VXF +10.6%.

Which is cheaper, DYNF or VXF?

VXF is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 95% of DYNF and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DYNF vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DYNF returned +14.5% to VXF's +10.6%; 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 $30.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Market ETF.

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At a glance

+14.5%

DYNF total return, 1 year

+10.6%

VXF total return, 1 year

0.26%

DYNF expense ratio

0.05%

VXF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VXF costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.9 points; DYNF is 1.4 times larger.

DYNF vs VXF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DYNF	VXF
Return
Measure	DYNF	VXF
Total return, 1 year	+14.5%	+10.6%
Drawdown
Measure	DYNF	VXF
Below its high		6.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DYNF	VXF
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P Completion Index
Cost and size
Measure	DYNF	VXF
Expense ratio	0.26%	0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$41.8bn	$30.2bn
Holdings
Measure	DYNF	VXF
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	40.7%	11.3%

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 VXF 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 VXF

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES COR 0.62% 2.50%

SNOWFLAKE 0.12% 1.42%

UNITED THERAPEUTICS 0.11% 0.28%

WOODWARD 0.10% 0.23%

ATLASSIAN CORP CLASS A 0.09% 0.35%

ATI 0.08% 0.31%

FIVE BELOW 0.08% 0.15%

ROBLOX CLASS A 0.08% 0.34%

ASTERA LABS 0.06% 0.67%

NEUROCRINE BIOSCIENCES 0.06% 0.17%

HALOZYME THERAPEUTICS 0.05% 0.15%

SOFI TECHNOLOGIES 0.05% 0.24%

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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 VXF

SLCMT1142 2.26%

Natera Inc 0.72%

CoreWeave Inc 0.41%

Sunbelt Rentals Holdings Inc 0.36%

TechnipFMC PLC 0.32%

Royalty Pharma PLC 0.31%

nVent Electric PLC 0.31%

LPL Financial Holdings Inc 0.29%

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Side by side

DYNF iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Extended Market

Total return, 1 year +14.5% +10.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (PBUS) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +1.2 pts vs PBUS not measured

Expense ratio 0.26% 0.05%

Already in the S&P 500 94.8% 0.0%

Holdings 262 3361

Net assets, DYNF as of Oct 27, 2026 and VXF as of Sep 30, 2026 $42.7bn $30.2bn

DYNF and VXF 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%.

VXF

VXF tracks an index of Extended Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,361 positions, with the top ten at 11.3%. It sat 6.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DYNF or VXF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DYNF returned +14.5% and VXF +10.6%.
Which is cheaper, DYNF or VXF?: VXF is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do DYNF and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 95% of DYNF and 0% of VXF 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 ↗

VXF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VXF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VXF ↗

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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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