iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF
$70.27−0.13 (−0.18%)
- 0.26%
- $42.9B
- +22.7%
- 0.80%
- 2.4M sh
- $70.41
- low $56.18high $70.91
The ETF.net DYNF Grade
A
Score 85 out of 100
- 2 of 127
Score 85 of 100 falls in the A 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.A89 out of 100Rank 14 of 127Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.A74 out of 100Rank 13 of 126Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 127Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B66 out of 100Rank 49 of 124Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A97 out of 100Rank 1 of 127
Our read on DYNF
AMost factor funds make you pick a lane: value, momentum, quality. DYNF rotates across five styles instead, letting a factor model decide which one leads, and charges an index-fund-ish 0.26% to do it.
The Fund seeks to outperform the U.S. equity market through diversified, tactical exposure to style factors using a factor rotation model.
Why people hold it
- Five style factors in one ticket (value, quality, momentum, growth, low volatility), reweighted by a rotation model rather than locked to a single tilt.
- 0.26% is well under half the median fee in its active US equity peer group, which is unusual pricing for a strategy with a human-supervised model behind it.
- A multi-billion-dollar fund and one of the more actively traded names in its category, so getting in and out rarely becomes the hard part. Pays quarterly.
- Running since 2019 under one of the biggest ETF shops, and it stands among the strongest overall implementations in the active US equity group we track.
Worth knowing
- The yardstick isn't the S&P 500: it's a custom blend of 80% MSCI USA and 20% MSCI USA Minimum Volatility, so a low-vol tilt is baked into the benchmark itself.
- Active by design. The factor mix shifts, the book runs to a couple hundred stocks, and a rotation call can leave it out of step with a plain US market index fund.
- Cheap for active, not the cheapest shelf: systematic peers DFAU (0.12%), AVLC (0.15%), DFAC (0.17%) and FELC (0.18%) all undercut it on fee.
DYNF Holdings
- Stocks
- 263
- 41%
- NVDA
Sectors
- Information Technology41.1%
- Financials13.7%
- Communication10.6%
- Industrials8.2%
- Health Care7.6%
- Consumer Discretionary6.9%
- Energy5.0%
- Consumer Staples2.2%
- Real Estate1.9%
- Utilities1.7%
- Materials1.0%
Geography
- United States98.33%
- Ireland1.52%
- Bermuda0.07%
- Luxembourg0.05%
- Cayman Islands0.03%
DYNF Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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DYNF$12,267
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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.
| Period | DYNF |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +16.5% |
| 1 month | +1.1% |
| 3 months | +3.5% |
| 1 year | +22.7% |
| 3 years | +26.6% |
| 5 years | +16.2% |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | DYNF |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +16.5% | |
| 2025 | +20.0% | |
| 2024 | +30.3% | |
| 2023 | +36.3% | |
| 2022 | −20.3% | |
| 2021 | +25.0% | |
| 2020 | +13.5% |
DYNF in the news
DYNF Dividends
- 0.80%
- $0.56
- $0.14 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
DYNF Risk
- 13.1%
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.
- 1.55
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.
- −26.9%
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.
- 1.02
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DYNF Cost
0.26%
DYNF0.26%
- The middle half of US Active Equity funds
- Median 0.70%
14 of the 123 US Active Equity funds charge less.
Other funds in US Active Equity
- ADFAUDimensional - US Core Equity Market ETFExpense ratio 0.12%1 year return +20.5%
- AAVLCAvantis U.S. Large Cap Equity ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +24.3%
- ADFACDimensional - US Core Equity 2 ETFExpense ratio 0.21%1 year return +21.6%
- AFELCFidelity Enhanced Large Cap Core ETFExpense ratio 0.18%1 year return +22.4%
- AEBILongview Advantage ETFExpense ratio 0.34%1 year return +26.9%