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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and EEM +16.3%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or EEM?

BINC 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 EEM overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BINC vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to EEM's +16.3%; 0% 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 $29.1bn for iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+16.3%

EEM total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.72%

EEM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BINC costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.8 points; EEM is 1.7 times larger.

BINC vs EEM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	EEM
Return
Measure	BINC	EEM
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+16.3%
Drawdown
Measure	BINC	EEM
Below its high		10.8%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	EEM
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Emerging Markets Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	EEM
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.72%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$29.1bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	EEM
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	37.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and EEM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC EEM

CHILE (REPUBLIC OF) 0.11% 0.08%

PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP RegS 0.08% 0.06%

VODAFONE GROUP PLC 0.03% 0.05%

EUROBANK SA MTN RegS 0.02% 0.11%

MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC 144A 0.02% 0.04%

SM ENERGY CO 144A 0.04% 0.02%

ASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC. 144A 0.01% 0.10%

OUTFRONT MEDIA CAPITAL LLC 144A 0.01% 0.04%

SLM CORP 0.01% 0.08%

VAIL RESORTS INC 144A 0.01% 0.18%

VALARIS LTD 144A 0.01% 0.16%

ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% 0.38%

Only in one fund ↓

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 EEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 15.98%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 6.88%

SK HYNIX 4.91%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 2.64%

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 1.82%

MEDIATEK 1.54%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H 0.94%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE 0.91%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Emerging markets

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +16.3%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.72%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4690 1186

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.8bn $29.1bn

BINC and EEM 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%.

EEM

EEM tracks an index of Emerging markets. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.72% 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 1,186 positions, with the top ten at 37.2%. It sat 10.8% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or EEM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and EEM +16.3%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or EEM?: BINC 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 EEM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 0% of EEM 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 ↗

EEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EEM ↗

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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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