Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
BINC vs QUAL: how they differ
BINC and QUAL hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and QUAL returned more over the year.
iShares Flexible Income Active ETF and iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, BINC and QUAL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in BINC | Only in QUAL |
|---|---|
| UMBS, TBA 5.13% | NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.52% |
| UMBS, TBA 2.81% | APPLE INC. 6.28% |
| UMBS, TBA 2.14% | MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.05% |
| UMBS, TBA 2.10% | META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.50% |
| UMBS, TBA 1.52% | LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.23% |
| iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate B 1.02% | THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 3.19% |
| iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corpo 0.64% | VISA INC. 3.09% |
| UMBS, TBA 0.53% | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 2.92% |
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 iShares Flexible Income Active ETF | QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | iShares | iShares |
| What it is | Flexible Income | MSCI USA Quality Factor |
| Total return, 1 year | +2.0% | +16.0% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −15.5 pts | −1.5 pts |
| Expense ratio | not published | 0.15% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 2.4% | 98.9% |
| Holdings | 4124 | 121 |
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%.
QUAL in plain words
QUAL is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +16.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 121 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, BINC or QUAL?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +2.0% and QUAL returned +16.0%, so QUAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- How much do BINC and QUAL overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 2% of BINC and 99% of QUAL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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