BAMD vs BGIG: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Brookstone Dividend Stock ETF

BAMDDCboe

Bahl & Gaynor Income Growth ETF

BGIGANYSE Arca

Overlap

20.4%by weight

Expense ratio

BGIG −0.42pt a year

BAMD0.87%BGIG0.45%

Avg volume · 30D

BGIG 15.0×the volume

BAMD11.4KBGIG171K

3Y return · a year

BGIG +3.0pt

BAMD+16.6%BGIG+19.6%

BAMD vs BGIG Performance

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

+20.7%BAMD+18.6%BGIG

Expense ratio: BAMD 0.87%; BGIG 0.45%, better
Fund size: BAMD $102M; BGIG $2.29B
1Y total return: BAMD +20.7%, better; BGIG +18.6%
Yield (12M): BAMD 3.26%, better; BGIG 1.67%
Holdings: BAMD 101; BGIG 50
Avg volume (30D): BAMD 11.4K sh; BGIG 171K sh, better
NAV per share: BAMD $34.91; BGIG $37.45
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for BAMD, BGIG, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	BAMD	BGIG
Cost30% weight	F5	A73Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	C40
Risk15% weight	C48	B64Higher
Tradability15% weight	A77	A80Higher
Holdings10% weight	D35	C53Higher
Durability5% weight	B65	A83Higher

Rank among US Active Dividend Income funds

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Same Category. BAMD and BGIG are both graded against the same 40 US Active Dividend Income funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Active Dividend Income⁠

Category · 40 funds

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BGIG ranks 3rd and BAMD 32nd of 40 funds in the US Active Dividend Income Category.

Rank 1ACGDVCapital Group Dividend Value ETFScore 76
Rank 2AHIDVAB US High Dividend ETFScore 73
Rank 3ABGIGBahl & Gaynor Income Growth ETFScore 70
Rank 4BBGDVBahl & Gaynor Dividend ETFScore 67
Rank 31DEASYLiberty One Defensive Dividend Growth ETFScore 36
Rank 32DBAMDBrookstone Dividend Stock ETFScore 35
Rank 33DDVGRDAC 3D Dividend Growth ETFScore 33

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

BAMDDBrookstone Dividend Stock ETF

BGIGABahl & Gaynor Income Growth ETF

In short

BAMD An advisor shop's hand-built dividend sleeve: Brookstone screens US payers, holds roughly 70 positions and can bolt on outside ETFs, charging 0.87% for the work. Live since 2023, it's one of eight Brookstone building-block funds.

BGIG An active dividend fund that writes the cushion into its own mandate: rising income, downside protection versus the broad market, and growth. Distributions land monthly, and it charges less than the typical active dividend-income fund.

Stated mandate

BAMD The Fund seeks to provide income together with capital appreciation.

BGIG The Fund seeks growing dividend income, downside protection relative to the broader equity market, and long-term capital appreciation.

Why people hold it

BAMD Real stock picking, not an index rebuild: the adviser screens $1B-plus US companies on dividend history and ability to keep paying, using outside and in-house research.sec.gov
The mandate allows unaffiliated ETFs alongside individual names, so the manager can top up income exposure without you buying a second fund.sec.gov
Income arrives on a quarterly schedule, and the book stays focused at roughly 70 positions instead of spread thin across hundreds.
One of eight Brookstone ETFs built as model-portfolio blocks, so the dividend piece is designed to sit beside the shop's growth, value and bond funds.brookstonecm.com sec.gov

BGIG The stated objective names three jobs at once: growing dividend income, downside protection relative to the broader equity market, and long-term capital appreciation.
Income arrives monthly, not on the quarterly schedule most equity funds keep.
At 0.45% a year, it sits below the median fee for active US dividend-income funds.
One of the strongest implementations in its peer group of active US dividend-income funds, with a portfolio that matches the mandate on the label.

Worth knowing

BAMD At 0.87% with no fee waiver, it costs more than the typical fund in its dividend-income category, and far more than peers like VUS (0.25%) or CGDV (0.33%).
Thinly traded, so limit orders matter more here than with the category's household names.
It lands in the lower tier of its dividend-income peer group, and being active means there is no index to check the portfolio against.

BGIG Cheaper active dividend options exist: CGDV runs 0.33% and HIDV 0.35%.
Hunting rising dividends means skipping most of the non-payers inside the S&P 500 it measures itself against, so results can look very different from the index.
Launched in 2023, so there is no live record spanning a full market cycle yet.

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BAMD vs BGIG Holdings

How BAMD and BGIG differ

Overlap by weight

20.4%

Shared holdings make up 32.1% of BGIG and 30.9% of BAMD.

Level by level

Holdings17 in both20.4%
Sector11 Sectors66.6%
Countryby domicile89.7%
Asset classEquity100%

Sector

Sector weights in BAMD and BGIG, widest gap first
Sector	More in BAMDMore in BGIG	BAMD	BGIG
Health Care	BGIG +12.0 points	4.9%	16.9%
Technology	BGIG +11.2 points	15.2%	26.4%
Financials	BAMD +10.6 points	25.6%	15.0%
Consumer Staples	BAMD +7.9 points	12.4%	4.5%
Industrials	BGIG +5.7 points	4.4%	10.1%
Energy	BAMD +5.5 points	16.0%	10.5%
Utilities	BAMD +4.4 points	10.8%	6.4%
Real Estate	BGIG +2.6 points	0.5%	3.1%
Materials	BAMD +2.6 points	2.6%	0.0%
Communication	BAMD +2.5 points	4.0%	1.4%
Consumer Discretionary	BGIG +2.0 points	3.8%	5.8%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in BAMD and BGIG, widest gap first
Country	More in BAMDMore in BGIG	BAMD	BGIG
France	BAMD +5.6 points	5.6%	0.0%
Taiwan	BGIG +4.5 points	0.0%	4.5%
China	BGIG +2.3 points	0.0%	2.3%
United Kingdom	BAMD +2.2 points	3.4%	1.2%
Switzerland	BGIG +1.5 points	0.4%	1.9%
Ireland	BGIG +1.3 points	0.0%	1.3%
Singapore	BAMD +1.3 points	1.3%	0.0%
Finland	BGIG +0.8 points	0.0%	0.8%
Other countries (6)	BAMD +1.1 points	89.2%	88.1%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

BAMD45.8%
BGIG40.8%

Securities held

BAMD101
BGIG50

Asset class

BAMD: Equity
BGIG: Equity

Holdings

Only in BAMD84
In both17
Only in BGIG33

Only in BAMD

84 securities, 69.2% of BAMD by weight

TotalEnergies S.E.5.46%
Edison International5.22%
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.4.89%
PepsiCo, Inc.4.86%
Anglogold Ashanti plc3.61%
CNA Financial Corporation3.42%
AstraZeneca plc2.76%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)2.55%
Wells Fargo & Company2.47%
Viper Energy, Inc.2.26%
Morgan Stanley2.18%
Frontline plc2.11%
Amgen, Inc.2.09%
American Express Company2.05%
Citigroup, Inc.1.95%
TPG, Inc.1.69%
Blackstone, Inc.1.54%
Millrose Properties, Inc.1.37%
Bbh Sweep Vehicle1.27%
International Seaways, Inc.1.13%
Intuit, Inc.0.95%
DHT Holdings, Inc.0.88%
Northrop Grumman Corporation0.80%
T-Mobile US, Inc.0.70%
TORM plc0.69%
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc.0.69%
FedEx Corporation0.68%
Hafnia Ltd.0.66%
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.0.62%
Deutsche Bank A.G.0.59%
BW, L.P.G Ltd.0.57%
Okeanis Eco Tankers Corporation0.51%
Diamondback Energy, Inc.0.43%
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.0.41%
American International Group, Inc.0.40%
Paychex, Inc.0.39%
Hershey Company (The)0.32%
M&T Bank Corporation0.30%
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.0.26%
Regions Financial Corporation0.24%
Smithfield Foods, Inc.0.22%
Constellation Brands, Inc.0.21%
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.0.20%
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.0.19%
Snap-on, Inc.0.17%
East West Bancorp, Inc.0.16%
Southern Copper Corporation0.15%
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.0.14%
Carlisle Companies, Inc.0.13%
DT Midstream, Inc.0.12%

Only in BGIG

33 securities, 67.9% of BGIG by weight

Microsoft Corp5.09%
UnitedHealth Group Inc4.56%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd4.49%
AbbVie Inc4.45%
Johnson & Johnson4.15%
Broadcom Inc3.96%
Eli Lilly & Co3.25%
Apollo Global Management Inc3.04%
Williams Cos Inc/The2.61%
Cisco Systems Inc2.45%
General Dynamics Corp2.39%
TE Connectivity PLC2.24%
Home Depot Inc/The1.76%
Mondelez International Inc1.68%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp1.65%
Vivmark Residential1.50%
PPL Corp1.47%
Fastenal Co1.47%
Elevance Health Inc1.39%
Sempra1.39%
RTX Corp1.38%
TKO Group Holdings Inc1.34%
Smurfit Westrock PLC1.31%
British American Tobacco PLC1.22%
Eaton Corp PLC1.16%
Illinois Tool Works Inc1.10%
Texas Instruments Inc0.90%
Ventas Inc0.89%
McDonald's Corp0.84%
Nokia Oyj0.79%
Union Pacific Corp0.72%
Corning Inc0.70%
VICI Properties Inc0.55%

Weight gaps

All 17 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in BAMD and BGIG, widest gap first
Holding	More in BAMDMore in BGIG	BAMD	BGIG
ONEOK, Inc.OKE	BAMD +4.12 points	4.95%	0.83%
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)PNC	BGIG +2.80 points	0.88%	3.68%
CME Group, Inc.CME	BAMD +2.68 points	4.76%	2.08%
Travelers Companies, Inc. (The)TRV	BGIG +1.79 points	0.80%	2.59%
Darden Restaurants, Inc.DRI	BGIG +1.75 points	0.24%	1.99%
Garmin Ltd.GRMN	BGIG +1.45 points	0.41%	1.86%
JPMorgan Chase & CompanyJPM	BAMD +1.31 points	4.24%	2.93%
Targa Resources CorporationTRGP	BGIG +1.24 points	0.63%	1.87%
Philip Morris International, Inc.PM	BAMD +1.16 points	3.04%	1.88%
WEC Energy Group, Inc.WEC	BGIG +1.11 points	0.36%	1.47%
Cummins, Inc.CMI	BGIG +0.78 points	0.63%	1.41%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc.ADP	BGIG +0.65 points	1.13%	1.78%
Waste Management, Inc.WM	BAMD +0.37 points	0.89%	0.52%
Chevron CorporationCVX	BAMD +0.32 points	4.41%	4.09%
Accenture plcACN	BAMD +0.26 points	1.42%	1.16%
NextEra Energy, Inc.NEE	BAMD +0.21 points	1.70%	1.49%
Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (The)HIG	BGIG +0.14 points	0.35%	0.49%

All 69 BAMD holdings⁠All 50 BGIG holdings⁠

How we measure overlap

Each holding counts at its smaller weight in the two funds, summed over the full Holdings. Sector, country and asset class use the same rule on each fund’s split. Cash, FX and derivative lines stay out of the counts. Two bond funds get no overlap figure.

BAMD vs BGIG Cost

Overpaying BAMD vs BGIG

$7,495

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

BAMD 0.87%
$16,536
BGIG 0.45%
$9,041

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

BAMD 0.87%
BGIG 0.45%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	BAMD	BGIG	Overpaying
10	$1,542	$812	$730
20	$5,830	$3,128	$2,702
30	$16,536	$9,041	$7,495

Expense ratio

0.87%BAMD
0.45%BGIG, cheaper

BGIG0.45%BAMD0.87%

0.25%0.99%

Middle half of US Active Dividend Income funds
Median 0.50%

BGIG 9th cheapest of 40 funds

BAMD 38th cheapest of 40 funds

BAMD vs BGIG Dividends

Last 12 months to Oct 30, 2026

Yield (12M): BAMD 3.26%, better; BGIG 1.67%
Payout (12M): BAMD $1.14; BGIG $0.62
Last payment: BAMD $0.24; BGIG $0.05
Ex-dividend: BAMD Aug 28, 2026; BGIG Oct 29, 2026
Paid on: BAMD Sep 4, 2026; BGIG Pays Nov 2, 2026
Frequency: BAMD Quarterly; BGIG Monthly

Distribution history

Per share, 2023 to 2026, same scale for both

BAMDQuarterly · 15 paymentsAll BAMD payments⁠

BGIGMonthly · 38 paymentsAll BGIG payments⁠

BAMD vs BGIG Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: BAMD 13.7%BGIG 9.5%, better
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: BAMD 0.87BGIG 1.49, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: BAMD −15.9%since Sep 2023BGIG −13.2%since Sep 2023
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: BAMD 0.50BGIG 0.55; Market = 1

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BAMD vs BGIG

In short

Stated mandate

Why people hold it

Worth knowing

How BAMD and BGIG differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in BAMD

Only in BGIG

Weight gaps

Cost over time

Year by year

Distribution history

Fall from peak · 5 years

Risk facts

American Beacon's London Company ETF charges 0.67%, and the prospectus limits the tax pitch

How BAMD and BGIG differ

Level by level

Sector

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Concentration

Asset class

Holdings

Only in BAMD

Only in BGIG

Weight gaps