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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 EMB: how they differ

BINC and EMB hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and EMB returned more over the year.

iShares Flexible Income Active ETF and iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and EMB hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions BINC and EMB both hold, largest shared weight first
HoldingBINCEMB
PETROLEOS MEXICANOS0.16%0.09%
Mexico Government International Bonds0.07%0.12%
HUNGARY0.07%0.21%
Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile0.04%0.08%
PETROLEOS MEXICANOS0.04%0.05%
TVF VARLIK KIRALAMA AS0.04%0.05%
MFB Magyar Fejlesztesi Bank Zrt0.04%0.16%
REPUBLIC OF KENYA0.04%0.18%
Republic of Poland Government Internatio0.03%0.33%
Turkiye Government International Bonds0.03%0.19%
Pakistan Government International Bonds0.03%0.19%
REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR0.03%0.26%
Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BINCOnly in EMB
UMBS, TBA 5.13%Argentina Republic Government Internatio 0.64%
UMBS, TBA 2.81%Argentina Republic Government Internatio 0.53%
UMBS, TBA 2.14%Uruguay Government International Bonds 0.52%
UMBS, TBA 2.10%Republic of Poland Government Internatio 0.40%
UMBS, TBA 1.52%UKRAINE GOVERNMENT 0.38%
iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate B 1.02%Brazil Government International Bonds 0.37%
iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corpo 0.64%Republic of Poland Government Internatio 0.37%
UMBS, TBA 0.53%Republic of Poland Government Internatio 0.34%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026.

BINC and EMB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BINC
iShares Flexible Income Active ETF
EMB
iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesiShares
What it isFlexible IncomeJ.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond
Total return, 1 year+2.0%+2.8%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−15.5 pts−14.7 pts
Expense rationot published0.39%
Holdings4124681

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%.

EMB in plain words

EMB is a bond fund tracking the J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.39% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or EMB?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +2.0% and EMB returned +2.8%, so EMB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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BINC against EMB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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