BAMV vs DFLV: Grades, Fees and Holdings Compared

Brookstone Value Stock ETF

BAMVDCboe

Dimensional US Large Cap Value ETF

DFLVANYSE Arca

Overlap

36.5%by weight

Expense ratio

DFLV −0.65pt a year

BAMV0.86%DFLV0.21%

Avg volume · 30D

DFLV 33.0×the volume

BAMV19.7KDFLV650K

3Y return · a year

DFLV +6.6pt

BAMV+15.6%DFLV+22.2%

BAMV vs DFLV Performance

Nov 7, 2025 – Nov 9, 2026

+16.3%BAMV+29.1%DFLV

Expense ratio: BAMV 0.86%; DFLV 0.21%, better
Fund size: BAMV $123M; DFLV $7.26B
1Y total return: BAMV +16.3%; DFLV +29.1%, better
Yield (12M): BAMV 1.23%; DFLV 1.35%, better
Holdings: BAMV 101; DFLV 336
Avg volume (30D): BAMV 19.7K sh; DFLV 650K sh, better
NAV per share: BAMV $35.91; DFLV $40.99
52W range

ETF.net Grade

Pillar letters and Scores for BAMV, DFLV, with each pillar’s weight
Pillar	BAMV	DFLV
Cost30% weight	F9	A92Higher
Mission25% weight	Not scored	Not scored
Risk15% weight	B56	B67Higher
Tradability15% weight	B60	A83Higher
Holdings10% weight	C51	A78Higher
Durability5% weight	C41	A83Higher

Rank among US Active Value funds

How we build Categories ›

Same Category. BAMV and DFLV are both graded against the same 64 US Active Value funds, so their Grades compare head to head.

US Active Value⁠

Category · 64 funds

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DFLV ranks 4th and BAMV 48th of 64 funds in the US Active Value Category.

Rank 1AAVLVAvantis U.S. Large Cap Value ETFScore 86
Rank 1AWTVWisdomTree U.S. Value FundScore 86
Rank 3ASEIVSEI QiM U.S. Large Cap Value Active ETFScore 84
Rank 4ADFLVDimensional US Large Cap Value ETFScore 82
Rank 5AAVMVAvantis U.S. Mid Cap Value ETFScore 78
Rank 47DKATScharf ETFScore 37
Rank 48DBAMVBrookstone Value Stock ETFScore 36
Rank 48DBRSVEA Bridgeway Select Small-Cap Value ETFScore 36

Our read on each fund

ETF.net Research

BAMVDBrookstone Value Stock ETF

DFLVADimensional US Large Cap Value ETF

In short

BAMV A stock-picker's value fund in a category run by quant screens. Brookstone's team hand-builds roughly 80 US names, $2 billion market cap and up, and charges 0.86% with no fee waiver in place.

DFLV Dimensional's value playbook in an ETF wrapper: large-cap value that also screens for profitability, spread across roughly 300 names, run by research rather than an index. Active by design, index-fund cheap in practice.

Stated mandate

BAMV The Fund's stated objective is capital appreciation.

DFLV The ETF seeks long-term capital appreciation. Its investment approach combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading, emphasizing long-term expected-return drivers and broad diversification.

Why people hold it

BAMV No index behind it. The adviser screens US stocks of $2 billion market cap and up, then picks from its own research, so the portfolio can look nothing like a value benchmark.sec.gov
Compact enough to actually read: about 80 holdings, diversified but concentrated enough that individual picks register.
At least 80% of assets stay in publicly traded US equities with a mid-cap floor, so the shape of the exposure holds even as the names rotate.sec.gov
Distributions land on a quarterly schedule.

DFLV Costs 0.21% a year, well under half the 0.55% median for US value funds in its peer group. Active management without the active price tag.
Cheap alone doesn't get you in. The portfolio screens on value and profitability together, a filter aimed at cut-rate stocks that actually earn money.
No index to shadow. Dimensional can trade on its own schedule and spreads the money across about 300 large-cap names instead of a handful of bets.
Sits in the top tier of the US value funds we grade, and it is a multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so getting in and out is rarely the hard part.

Worth knowing

BAMV The fee is 0.86% with no waiver, above the category median across 65 funds. Top-ranked rivals AVLV (0.15%) and WTV (0.12%) run US value for a fraction of that.
Thinly traded, so spreads can run wider and bigger orders may push the price more than in the category's heavyweights.
Launched in 2023 and still a small fund, it currently sits in the lower half of its US value peer group on our review.

DFLV Not the cheapest seat in the room: AVLV and SEIV run 0.15%, WTV 0.12%. You're paying a bit more for Dimensional's process.
Being benchmark-free cuts both ways. With no index to measure against, there is no tracking-error scoreboard, and outcomes ride on the manager's judgment.
Launched in December 2022, so the ETF's own record is short, and a value tilt behaves differently from the broad market. It pays quarterly.

Full BAMV profile⁠

Full DFLV profile⁠

BAMV vs DFLV Holdings

How BAMV and DFLV differ

Overlap by weight

36.5%

Shared holdings make up 81.5% of BAMV and 37.2% of DFLV.

Level by level

Holdings77 in both36.5%
Sector11 Sectors78.6%
Countryby domicile98.0%
Asset classStocks100%

Sector

Sector weights in BAMV and DFLV, widest gap first
Sector	Gap	BAMV	DFLV
Consumer Discretionary	DFLV +7.0 points	1.8%	8.8%
Energy	BAMV +6.1 points	19.5%	13.4%
Industrials	DFLV +5.8 points	7.5%	13.3%
Financials	DFLV +4.9 points	17.5%	22.4%
Utilities	BAMV +4.7 points	4.7%	0.0%
Consumer Staples	BAMV +3.3 points	8.3%	5.0%
Communication	BAMV +3.2 points	10.4%	7.2%
Real Estate	BAMV +2.3 points	2.7%	0.4%
Materials	DFLV +2.0 points	4.4%	6.4%
Technology	BAMV +1.9 points	10.5%	8.6%
Health Care	DFLV +1.6 points	12.8%	14.4%

Country, concentration and asset class

Country by domicile

Country weights in BAMV and DFLV, widest gap first
Country	Gap	BAMV	DFLV
United States	BAMV +1.6 points	99.6%	98.0%
Switzerland	DFLV +0.9 points	0.0%	0.9%
China	DFLV +0.8 points	0.0%	0.8%
Other countries (4)	Same weight	0.4%	0.3%

Concentration

Weight in the 10 largest Holdings

BAMV36.9%
DFLV25.2%

Securities held

BAMV101
DFLV335

Asset class

BAMV: Stocks
DFLV: Stocks

Holdings

Only in BAMV24
In both77
Only in DFLV258

Only in BAMV

24 securities, 18.5% of BAMV by weight

American Express Company2.25%
PepsiCo, Inc.2.07%
NextEra Energy, Inc.2.03%
Southern Company (The)1.10%
Adobe, Inc.1.01%
Bbh Sweep Vehicle0.95%
Waste Management, Inc.0.95%
American Tower Corporation0.93%
Simon Property Group, Inc.0.78%
Colgate-Palmolive Company0.78%
HCA Healthcare, Inc.0.73%
Public Storage0.62%
Targa Resources Corporation0.58%
Anglogold Ashanti plc0.57%
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.0.56%
Vistra Corporation0.41%
WEC Energy Group, Inc.0.39%
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.0.39%
American Water Works Company, Inc.0.33%
Zoetis, Inc.0.33%
VICI Properties, Inc.0.31%
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.0.30%
Las Vegas Sands Corporation0.12%
Receivables/Payables0.04%

Only in DFLV

258 securities, 62.7% of DFLV by weight

Amazon.com Inc.5.09%
JPMorgan Chase & Co4.49%
Berkshire Hathaway Cl-B2.17%
UnitedHealth Group Inc.1.57%
New Linde PLC1.35%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.1.28%
Verizon Communications1.14%
Thermo Fisher Scientific.1.07%
Rtx Corp1.07%
Morgan Stanley0.93%
Pfizer Inc.0.91%
General Motors0.90%
Deere & Co.0.84%
Norfolk Southern Corp.0.84%
Alphabet Inc - Class A0.79%
Merck & Company Inc0.79%
Abbott Laboratories0.77%
Csx Corp0.76%
Hewlett-Packard Enterpris0.75%
Te Connectivity PLC0.75%
Slb Ltd0.73%
Salesforce Inc0.71%
Bank of America Corp0.71%
Alphabet Inc0.71%
Cigna Group/The0.69%
Republic Services Inc0.69%
Comcast Corp New Class A0.66%
Analog Devices Inc.0.66%
Nxp Semiconductors NV0.64%
Emerson Elec Co0.62%
Crh PLC0.60%
Mondelez Intl0.58%
Intel Corp0.55%
United Rentals Inc.0.55%
Ford Motor Co0.52%
Medtronic PLC0.52%
Bank of New York Mellon0.51%
Chubb Limited0.51%
Air Products & Chemicals0.49%
Kroger Co.0.47%
International Business Ma0.46%
Ametek Inc0.44%
Cbre Group Inc0.41%
Paccar Inc.0.41%
United Airlines Holdings0.40%
Cvs Health Corp0.40%
Capital One Financial0.40%
Ups Inc. Class B0.39%
Wabtec Corp0.39%
Aflac Inc0.38%

Weight gaps

All 77 Holdings in both funds, largest gap first.

Holding weights in BAMV and DFLV, widest gap first
Holding	Gap	BAMV	DFLV
Johnson & JohnsonJNJ	BAMV +4.40 points	5.50%	1.10%
Micron Technology, Inc.MU	BAMV +3.76 points	3.84%	0.08%
Meta Platforms, Inc.META	BAMV +3.03 points	5.10%	2.07%
Procter & Gamble Company (The)PG	BAMV +2.51 points	3.89%	1.38%
Chevron CorporationCVX	BAMV +2.24 points	4.24%	2.00%
QUALCOMM, Inc.QCOM	BAMV +1.97 points	2.01%	0.04%
Citigroup, Inc.C	BAMV +1.92 points	2.33%	0.41%
Wells Fargo & CompanyWFC	BAMV +1.84 points	2.90%	1.06%
Walt Disney Company (The)DIS	BAMV +1.68 points	2.10%	0.42%
Progressive Corporation (The)PGR	BAMV +1.32 points	1.39%	0.07%
Uber Technologies, Inc.UBER	BAMV +1.18 points	1.51%	0.33%
Danaher CorporationDHR	BAMV +1.17 points	1.46%	0.29%
AT&T, Inc.T	BAMV +1.10 points	1.87%	0.77%
Marathon Petroleum CorporationMPC	BAMV +1.05 points	1.05%	<0.01%
ExxonMobil Holdings CorporationXOM	BAMV +0.94 points	4.73%	3.79%
Intuit, Inc.INTU	BAMV +0.87 points	0.94%	0.07%
Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyBMY	BAMV +0.70 points	1.47%	0.77%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.REGN	BAMV +0.67 points	0.97%	0.30%
Honeywell International, Inc.HON	BAMV +0.63 points	0.73%	0.10%
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.RCL	BAMV +0.63 points	0.73%	0.10%
US BancorpUSB	BAMV +0.63 points	1.04%	0.41%
ConocoPhillipsCOP	BAMV +0.61 points	1.62%	1.01%
Apollo Global Management, Inc.APO	BAMV +0.59 points	0.60%	<0.01%
General Dynamics CorporationGD	BAMV +0.58 points	1.06%	0.48%
Newmont CorporationNEM	BAMV +0.57 points	1.54%	0.97%
Boston Scientific CorporationBSX	BAMV +0.53 points	0.66%	0.13%
T-Mobile US, Inc.TMUS	BAMV +0.52 points	0.91%	0.39%
Cheniere Energy, Inc.LNG	BAMV +0.50 points	0.59%	0.09%
Valero Energy CorporationVLO	BAMV +0.49 points	1.03%	0.54%
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.FERG	BAMV +0.45 points	0.46%	<0.01%
Truist Financial CorporationTFC	BAMV +0.42 points	0.66%	0.24%
Kimberly-Clark CorporationKMB	BAMV +0.36 points	0.66%	0.30%
Phillips 66PSX	BAMV +0.36 points	1.00%	0.64%
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.FCX	BAMV +0.35 points	0.98%	0.63%
Venture Global, Inc.VG	BAMV +0.33 points	0.33%	<0.01%
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.LHX	BAMV +0.29 points	0.53%	0.24%
Fifth Third BancorpFITB	BAMV +0.28 points	0.52%	0.24%
Copart, Inc.CPRT	BAMV +0.26 points	0.31%	0.05%
NIKE, Inc.NKE	BAMV +0.26 points	0.59%	0.33%
Prudential Financial, Inc.PRU	BAMV +0.24 points	0.46%	0.22%
Kinder Morgan, Inc.KMI	BAMV +0.23 points	0.58%	0.35%
Northrop Grumman CorporationNOC	BAMV +0.22 points	0.78%	0.56%
M&T Bank CorporationMTB	BAMV +0.22 points	0.35%	0.13%
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.CFG	BAMV +0.21 points	0.30%	0.09%
Huntington Bancshares IncHBAN	BAMV +0.21 points	0.34%	0.13%
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.TDY	BAMV +0.19 points	0.29%	0.10%
Zoom Communications, Inc.ZM	BAMV +0.19 points	0.26%	0.07%
Xylem IncXYL	BAMV +0.16 points	0.25%	0.09%
Cummins, Inc.CMI	BAMV +0.14 points	0.64%	0.50%
Fox CorporationFOXA	BAMV +0.14 points	0.29%	0.15%
EQT CorporationEQT	BAMV +0.11 points	0.31%	0.20%
MetLife, Inc.MET	DFLV +0.10 points	0.54%	0.64%
ResMed, Inc.RMD	BAMV +0.10 points	0.34%	0.24%
Agilent Technologies, Inc.A	BAMV +0.10 points	0.50%	0.40%
Labcorp Holdings, Inc.LH	BAMV +0.10 points	0.32%	0.22%
Nucor CorporationNUE	BAMV +0.08 points	0.60%	0.52%
Devon Energy CorporationDVN	BAMV +0.08 points	0.48%	0.40%
Travelers Companies, Inc. (The)TRV	DFLV +0.08 points	0.85%	0.93%
ONEOK, Inc.OKE	BAMV +0.08 points	0.58%	0.50%
EOG Resources, Inc.EOG	DFLV +0.07 points	0.77%	0.84%
Allstate Corporation (The)ALL	DFLV +0.07 points	0.66%	0.73%
PayPal Holdings, Inc.PYPL	BAMV +0.07 points	0.51%	0.44%
Carnival Corp Ltd.CCL	DFLV +0.06 points	0.30%	0.36%
Delta Air Lines, Inc.DAL	DFLV +0.05 points	0.63%	0.68%
Hartford Insurance Group, Inc. (The)HIG	DFLV +0.06 points	0.38%	0.44%
ON Semiconductor CorporationON	BAMV +0.05 points	0.24%	0.19%
Target CorporationTGT	BAMV +0.05 points	0.81%	0.76%
Vulcan Materials CompanyVMC	DFLV +0.04 points	0.37%	0.41%
Diamondback Energy, Inc.FANG	DFLV +0.03 points	0.39%	0.42%
Raymond James Financial, Inc.RJF	DFLV +0.02 points	0.32%	0.34%
Arch Capital Group Ltd.ACGL	BAMV +0.02 points	0.37%	0.35%
GE HealthCare Technologies, Inc.GEHC	DFLV +0.02 points	0.38%	0.40%
Steel Dynamics, Inc.STLD	DFLV +0.02 points	0.32%	0.34%
FedEx CorporationFDX	DFLV +0.02 points	0.75%	0.77%
Occidental Petroleum CorporationOXY	DFLV +0.02 points	0.57%	0.59%
Baker Hughes CompanyBKR	BAMV +0.02 points	0.52%	0.50%
Cognizant Technology Solutions CorporationCTSH	DFLV +0.01 points	0.28%	0.29%

All 79 BAMV holdings⁠All 343 DFLV 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.

BAMV vs DFLV Cost

Overpaying BAMV vs DFLV

$12,011

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

BAMV 0.86%
$16,368
DFLV 0.21%
$4,357

Amount$10,000

Years30 years

Cost over time

BAMV 0.86%
DFLV 0.21%
Overpaying

Year by year

Year	BAMV	DFLV	Overpaying
10	$1,525	$383	$1,142
20	$5,768	$1,491	$4,277
30	$16,368	$4,357	$12,011

Expense ratio

0.86%BAMV
0.21%DFLV, cheaper

DFLV0.21%BAMV0.86%

0.12%1.25%

Middle half of US Active Value funds
Median 0.55%

DFLV 6th cheapest of 64 funds

BAMV 59th cheapest of 64 funds

BAMV vs DFLV Dividends

Last 12 months to Nov 9, 2026

Yield (12M): BAMV 1.23%; DFLV 1.35%, better
Payout (12M): BAMV $0.45; DFLV $0.57
Last payment: BAMV $0.11; DFLV $0.16
Ex-dividend: BAMV Aug 28, 2026; DFLV Sep 22, 2026
Paid on: BAMV Sep 4, 2026; DFLV Sep 24, 2026
Frequency: BAMV Quarterly; DFLV Quarterly

Distribution history

Per share, 2022 to 2026, same scale for both

BAMVQuarterly · 15 paymentsAll BAMV payments⁠

DFLVQuarterly · 16 paymentsAll DFLV payments⁠

BAMV vs DFLV Risk

Fall from peak · 5 years

This chart needs five years of history for both funds.

Risk facts

VolatilityStd dev, 3 years: BAMV 11.7%, betterDFLV 12.3%
Return per unit of riskSharpe ratio, 3 years: BAMV 1.03DFLV 1.38, better
Worst fallMax drawdown, 5 years: BAMV −14.5%since Sep 2023DFLV −16.8%since Dec 2022
Market sensitivityBeta, 5 years: BAMV 0.70DFLV 0.78; Market = 1

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