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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 VYM: how they differ

BINC and VYM hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VYM returned more over the year.

iShares Flexible Income Active ETF and Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and VYM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BINCOnly in VYM
UMBS, TBA 5.13%Broadcom Inc 8.07%
UMBS, TBA 2.81%JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.36%
UMBS, TBA 2.14%Exxon Mobil Corp 2.73%
UMBS, TBA 2.10%Johnson & Johnson 2.31%
UMBS, TBA 1.52%Caterpillar Inc 1.73%
iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate B 1.02%AbbVie Inc 1.57%
iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corpo 0.64%Cisco Systems Inc 1.52%
UMBS, TBA 0.53%Chevron Corp 1.51%

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 VYM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
BINC
iShares Flexible Income Active ETF
VYM
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isFlexible IncomeUS high dividend
Total return, 1 year+2.0%+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−15.5 pts+0.1 pts
Expense rationot published0.04%
Already in the S&P 5002.4%92.2%
Holdings4124608

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%.

VYM in plain words

VYM is an index equity fund tracking the US high dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 608 positions, with the top ten at 25.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or VYM?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +2.0% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
How much do BINC and VYM overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 2% of BINC and 92% of VYM 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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BINC against VYM, 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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