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iShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF

DYNFNYSE ArcaiSharesA

$67.97+0.85 (+1.27%)

As of Nov 4, 2026, 2:15 PM ET

A82/ 100

Rank 5 of 126 in US Active Equity

A82/100Rank 5 of 126inUS Active Equity
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Expense ratio
0.26%
Fund size
$41.5B
1Y total return
+10.9%
Yield · Last 12 months
0.84%
Holdings
264
Avg volume · 30D
2.25M sh
52W range
low $56.18high $70.91
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net DYNF Grade

Based on 5 of 6 pillars

A

Score 82 out of 100

Category
US Active Equity⁠
Rank
5 of 126
Six-pillar profile for DYNF. Scores out of 100: Cost 86, Risk 67, Mission not scored, Tradability 98, Holdings 64, Durability 97. Strongest: Tradability (98). Weakest: Holdings (64). Based on 5 of 6 pillars.

Score 82 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.
    A86 out of 100
    Rank 17 of 126

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    Not scored

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    B67 out of 100
    Rank 25 of 126

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A98 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 126

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    B64 out of 100
    Rank 50 of 124

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    A97 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 126

Our read on DYNF

ETF.net Research

In short

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.

Stated mandate

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

Holdings pillarB64 out of 100Rank 50 of 124 in US Active Equity
Asset class
Stocks
Holdings
264
Top-10 weight
40%
Largest holding
AAPL8.3%

Sectors

  • Technology39.9%
  • Financials15.4%
  • Communication9.6%
  • Industrials8.0%
  • Health Care7.7%
  • Consumer Discretionary7.0%
  • Energy5.3%
  • Consumer Staples2.2%
  • Real Estate2.0%
  • Utilities1.8%
  • Materials0.9%

Geography

  • United States100.00%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 18.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueHeld by ETFs
1AAPLApple8.27%10,048,056$3.46B725
2NVDANVIDIA7.83%16,023,283$3.28B846
3MSFTMicrosoft4.78%3,834,112$2B821
4AMZNAmazon.com Inc4.00%6,971,211$1.68B735
5JPMJPMorgan Chase & Co3.39%4,207,317$1.42B487
6XOMExxonmobil Holdings Corp3.18%7,107,968$1.33B527
7AVGOBroadcom Inc2.40%3,082,930$1.01B748
8METAMeta Platforms Class A2.37%1,614,713$993M708
9BACBank of America2.13%17,784,436$889M434
10GOOGLAlphabet Class A2.07%3,091,092$865M703
11JNJJohnson & Johnson2.04%3,124,696$854M528
12TSLATesla Inc1.72%1,798,978$719M529
13CVXChevron1.71%3,043,355$717M501
14GOOGAlphabet Class C1.71%2,573,397$716M475
15MUMicron Technology1.70%804,412$712M685

Showing 1–15 of 264 holdings

DYNF Performance

Launched Mar 19, 2019

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.
DYNF$11,090
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,158
Nov 3, 2025 to Nov 3, 2026. DYNF $11,090. SPY $11,158. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Nov 2025May 2026Nov 2026

Nov 3, 2025 – Nov 3, 2026

Returns run to the Nov 3, 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 DYNF. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodDYNF
Year to date+11.1%
1 month−4.1%
3 months−1.6%
1 year+10.9%
3 yearsper year+24.7%
5 yearsper year+13.4%
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 DYNF
YearReturn barDYNF
2026 YTD+11.1%
2025+20.0%
2024+30.3%
2023+36.3%
2022−20.3%
2021+25.0%
2020+13.5%

DYNF in the news

DYNF Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Nov 3, 2026.
0.84%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$0.56Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.14 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2019–2026

One bar per payment. 30 payments from 2019 to 2026 YTD. Jun 17, 2019 $0.12; Sep 24, 2019 $0.07; Dec 16, 2019 $0.15; Mar 25, 2020 $0.11; Jun 15, 2020 $0.10; Sep 23, 2020 $0.13; Dec 14, 2020 $0.13; Mar 25, 2021 $0.11; Jun 10, 2021 $0.09; Sep 24, 2021 $0.10; Dec 13, 2021 $1.66; Mar 24, 2022 $0.11; Jun 9, 2022 $0.12; Sep 26, 2022 $0.13; Dec 13, 2022 $0.12; Mar 23, 2023 $0.17; Jun 7, 2023 $0.10; Sep 26, 2023 $0.08; Dec 20, 2023 $0.09; Mar 21, 2024 $0.04; Jun 11, 2024 $0.06; Sep 25, 2024 $0.10; Dec 17, 2024 $0.13; Mar 18, 2025 $0.17; Jun 16, 2025 $0.18; Sep 16, 2025 $0.12; Dec 16, 2025 $0.14; Mar 17, 2026 $0.16; Jun 15, 2026 $0.12; Sep 15, 2026 $0.14. Use the arrow keys to read each point.20192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 15, 2026Sep 18, 2026$0.14
Jun 15, 2026Jun 18, 2026$0.12
Mar 17, 2026Mar 20, 2026$0.16
Dec 16, 2025Dec 19, 2025$0.14
Sep 16, 2025Sep 19, 2025$0.12
Jun 16, 2025Jun 20, 2025$0.18
Mar 18, 2025Mar 21, 2025$0.17
Dec 17, 2024Dec 20, 2024$0.13
Sep 25, 2024Sep 30, 2024$0.10
Jun 11, 2024Jun 17, 2024$0.06
Mar 21, 2024Mar 27, 2024$0.04
Dec 20, 2023Dec 27, 2023$0.09

See all 30 payments⁠

$10,000 in DYNF 5 years ago paid $1,001 in dividends.⁠

DYNF Risk

Risk pillarB67 out of 100Rank 25 of 126 in US Active Equity
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
13.1%
Annualised · 36 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.
1.55
vs 3-month T-bills · 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.
−26.9%
Trough Sep 2022
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.

DYNF Cost

Compare DYNF and TACU

Overpaying vs TACU, cheapest in US Active Equity

$5,358

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

  • DYNF 0.26%

    $5,358

  • TACU 0.00% Cheapest

    $0

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • DYNF 0.26%
  • TACU 0.00%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K051015202530DYNF $5,358TACU $0

Year by year

YearDYNFTACUOverpaying
10$473$0$473
20$1,838$0$1,838
30$5,358$0$5,358

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