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BASG

GradeCNASDAQ Global Market

Brown Advisory Sustainable Growth ETF

Active Equity · Brown Advisory · Inception 2025-06-13

$28.17−0.26 (−0.91%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 3:05 PM EDT

History starts Jun 16, 2025.
Intraday session: down, 21 prints from 28.43 to 28.17. Range 28.11 to 28.34. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$28.10$28.20$28.3010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.61%
Fund size
$519M
1Y return
+6.7%
Yield · Last 12 months
—
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$28.37
52W range
low $21.90high $29.19

The ETF.net BASG Grade

C

44/ 100

Rank 49 of 90 in US Active Growth⁠

Confidence Medium

Six-pillar profile for BASG. Scores out of 100: Cost 35, Risk 37, Mission 67, Tradability 48, Holdings 72, Durability 53. Strongest: Holdings (72). Weakest: Cost (35). Leans toward Holdings and Mission.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 44 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    DScore 35
    Category rank59/90 · mid-pack

  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    BScore 67
    Category rank15/27 · mid-pack

  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    DScore 37
    Category rank60/79 · bottom quartile

  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    CScore 48
    Category rank45/90 · top 50%

  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    AScore 72
    Category rank23/89 · top 26%

  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    CScore 53
    Category rank45/90 · top 50%

Graded as of Sep 22, 2026

Our read on BASG

ETF.net Research

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

  1. 01The 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
  2. 02Concentrated by design. A compact, top-heavy holdings list means individual stock calls actually register instead of washing out across hundreds of positions.aaii.com
  3. 03What 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

  1. 01You 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.
  2. 02Concentration 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
  3. 03Young 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 Holdings

As of Sep 20, 2026, 9:23 AM
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
—
Top-10 weight
49%
Largest holding
NVDA8.6%

Geography

  • United States89.80%
  • Taiwan (Province of China)4.83%
  • Sweden3.27%
  • Canada2.09%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 3.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001NVDANVIDIA CORP8.58%196,802$44M828
002AMZNAMAZON.COM INC6.06%121,706$31M720
003MSFTMICROSOFT CORP5.86%60,511$30M792
004VVISA INC-CLASS A SHARES4.93%68,250$25M550
005TSMTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR-SP ADR4.74%55,572$24M268
006AVGOBROADCOM INC4.56%65,176$23M732
007GOOGALPHABET INC-CL C4.22%62,445$22M471
008MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC3.54%73,899$18M458
009ANETARISTA NETWORKS INC3.29%84,061$17M490
010639.DESPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA3.21%32,115$16M93
011WSTWEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES2.85%40,148$15M287
012SCHWSCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP2.82%136,745$14M385
013ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC2.78%36,065$14M406
014DHRDANAHER CORP2.74%65,850$14M327
015CTASCINTAS CORP2.69%69,436$14M346

Showing 1–15 of 35 holdings

BASG Performance

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

BASG$10,672
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,723
Sep 22, 2025 to Sep 22, 2026. BASG $10,672. SPY $11,723. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$7,974$10,008$12,042Sep 2025Mar 2026Sep 2026

Sep 22, 2025 – Sep 22, 2026

Returns run to the Sep 22, 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+9.9%
1 month−0.7%
3 months+8.5%
1 year+6.7%
3 yearsFund is under 3 years old—per year
5 yearsFund is under 5 years old—per year
10 yearsFund is under 10 years old—per year

As of the close, 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+9.9%
2025+2.1%

History from Jun 16, 2025

BASG in the news

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BASG Dividends

This fund pays no distributions.
—Last 12 months
Payout per share
—Last 12 months

No distributions in the last 12 months.

BASG Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
15.4%
Annualised · 14 months to Aug 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.
0.31
vs 3-month T-bills · 14 months to Aug 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%
15 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.

BASG Cost

Expense ratio0.61%
  • The middle half of US Active Growth funds
  • Median 0.56%

57 of the 89 US Active Growth funds charge less.

BASG costs $61.00 a year on $10,000. The median US Active Growth fund costs $56.00.