Which returned more over the last year, BINC or DGRO?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and DGRO +18.8%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or DGRO?

DGRO is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do BINC and DGRO overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 92% of DGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BINC vs DGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to DGRO's +18.8%; 3% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $16.8bn for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF and $44.6bn for iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+18.8%

DGRO total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.08%

DGRO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

DGRO costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.3 points; DGRO is 2.7 times larger.

BINC vs DGRO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	DGRO
Return
Measure	BINC	DGRO
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+18.8%
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	DGRO
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Morningstar US Dividend Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	DGRO
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$44.6bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	DGRO
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	27.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and DGRO hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC DGRO

MORGAN STANLEY FINANCE LLC MTN 144A 0.65% 1.03%

GS FINANCE CORP MTN 0.39% 1.01%

CITIGROUP INC 0.23% 0.88%

SWP: OIS 4.077000 12-DEC-2055 SOF 0.17% 0.43%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.15% 2.68%

SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 0.13% 0.81%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 0.13% 1.89%

ELEVANCE HEALTH INC 0.12% 0.33%

HCA INC 0.11% 0.11%

AMGEN INC 0.10% 1.23%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.10% 1.29%

NEXTERA ENERGY CAPITAL HLDNG NC5.5 0.09% 1.13%

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Only in BINC

BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY 5.80%

UMBS 30YR TBA(REG A) 4.50%

TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 4.34%

UMBS 30YR TBA(REG A) 2.91%

UMBS 30YR TBA(REG A) 2.21%

CASH COLLATERAL MORGAN STANLEY & C 1.68%

ISHARES IBOXX $ INV GRADE CORPORAT 0.99%

EUR/USD 0.83%

Only in DGRO

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 3.24%

MICROSOFT 3.14%

APPLE 3.11%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.77%

BROADCOM INC 2.55%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 2.42%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 2.23%

HOME DEPOT 2.03%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Dividend Growth

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +18.8%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.8%

Holdings 4690 393

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.8bn $44.6bn

BINC and DGRO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

BINC

BINC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,690 positions, with the top ten at 24.6%.

DGRO

DGRO tracks an index of Dividend Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 393 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or DGRO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and DGRO +18.8%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or DGRO?: DGRO is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BINC and DGRO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 92% of DGRO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

BINC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BINC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for BINC ↗

DGRO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DGRO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DGRO ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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