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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BINC vs BND: how they differ

BINC is an equity index fund and BND a bond index fund, and over the year BINC returned more, +2.0% against −0.7%.

iShares Flexible Income Active ETF and Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund.

BINC and BND on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BINC
iShares Flexible Income Active ETF
BND
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isFlexible IncomeUS aggregate bonds
Total return, 1 year+2.0%−0.7%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−15.5 pts−18.2 pts
Expense rationot published0.03%
Holdings4124not filed

BINC in plain words

BINC is an index equity fund tracking the Flexible Income. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 2% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4124 positions, with the top ten at 17.4%.

BND in plain words

BND is a bond fund tracking the US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −0.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.8% below its high of Aug 6, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or BND?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +2.0% and BND returned −0.7%, so BINC returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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