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Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth ETF

BASGNasdaqBrown AdvisoryC

$27.40−0.09 (−0.34%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

C46/ 100

Rank 50 of 90 in US Active Growth

C46/100Rank 50 of 90inUS Active Growth
Intraday session: down, 78 prints from 27.49 to 27.40. Range 27.40 to 27.89. Use the arrow keys to read each point.27.6027.7027.8027.9010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.61%*
Fund size
$497M
1Y total return
+2.3%
Yield · Last 12 months
No data
Holdings
34
Avg volume · 30D
15.8K sh
52W range
low $21.90high $29.34
Launched

*After a fee waiver that ends Jan 31, 2027. Without it: 0.69%.

The ETF.net BASG Grade

C

Score 46 out of 100

Category
US Active Growth⁠
Rank
50 of 90
Six-pillar profile for BASG. Scores out of 100: Cost 30, Risk 45, Mission 68, Tradability 61, Holdings 69, Durability 56. Strongest: Holdings (69). Weakest: Cost (30). Leans toward Holdings and Mission.

Score 46 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    D30 out of 100
    Rank 62 of 90

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    B68 out of 100
    Rank 15 of 27

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C45 out of 100
    Rank 50 of 85

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    B61 out of 100
    Rank 28 of 90

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    B69 out of 100
    Rank 27 of 90

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B56 out of 100
    Rank 44 of 90

Our read on BASG

ETF.net Research

In short

CActive ESG stock-picking, not an index screen: a concentrated book of US growth companies vetted against Brown Advisory's own sustainability criteria, launched in 2025.

Stated mandate

Seeks long-term capital appreciation accompanied by income.

Why people hold it

  • The sustainability mandate is in the rulebook, not the marketing: at least 80% of net assets in domestic companies meeting the fund's stated sustainable investment criteria.aaii.com
  • Concentrated by design. A compact, top-heavy holdings list means individual stock calls actually register instead of washing out across hundreds of positions.aaii.com
  • What sits in the portfolio lines up closely with what the mandate describes, and the sustainability process is laid out in the fund's own filings rather than asserted.

Worth knowing

  • You pay for the human research: 0.61% a year, above the middle of its active large-growth peer group and several times what quant-enhanced rivals like JUSA (0.12%) charge.
  • Concentration cuts both ways. With a short holdings list, a stumble in one name lands harder here than it would inside a broad growth index.aaii.com
  • Young and thinly traded since its 2025 launch, so spreads can run wider than in the household-name funds of this category, and there is little track record to study.

BASG Performance

Launched Jun 13, 2025

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

Not enough history yet.Not enough history yet.Not enough history yet.
BASG$10,225
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. BASG $10,225. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$8,000$9,000$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for BASG. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodBASG
Year to date+6.2%
1 month−2.9%
3 months+0.2%
1 year+2.3%
3 yearsFund is under 3 years oldper yearNo data
5 yearsFund is under 5 years oldper yearNo data
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for BASG
YearReturn barBASG
2026 YTD+6.2%
2025+2.1%

History from Jun 16, 2025

BASG in the news

BASG Dividends

This fund pays no distributions.
No dataLast 12 months
Payout per share
No dataLast 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

BASG Risk

Risk pillarC45 out of 100Rank 50 of 85 in US Active Growth
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
14.7%
Annualised · 16 months to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.04
vs 3-month T-bills · 16 months to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−19.3%
16 months · trough Mar 2026
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
1.02
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

BASG Cost

Compare BASG and FELG

Overpaying vs FELG, tied cheapest in US Active Growth

$8,249

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • BASG 0.61%

    $11,998

  • FELG 0.18% Tied cheapest

    $3,749

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • BASG 0.61%
  • FELG 0.18%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2.5K$5K$7.5K$10K$12.5K051015202530BASG $11,998FELG $3,749

Year by year

YearBASGFELGOverpaying
10$1,093$328$765
20$4,181$1,281$2,900
30$11,998$3,749$8,249
How the 0.61% is worked out

Full fee 0.69%− waiver 0.08%= you pay 0.61%

The waiver ends Jan 31, 2027. After that the fee is 0.69% unless Brown Advisory renews it. Source: prospectus, Jan 2026.

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