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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and EWJ +18.1%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or EWJ?

BINC is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BINC vs EWJ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to EWJ's +18.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $16.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF, and $23.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI Japan ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+18.1%

EWJ total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.49%

EWJ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BINC costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.6 points; EWJ is 1.4 times larger.

BINC vs EWJ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	EWJ
Return
Measure	BINC	EWJ
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+18.1%
Drawdown
Measure	BINC	EWJ
Below its high		4.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	EWJ
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Japan Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	EWJ
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.49%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$23.8bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	EWJ
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	29.5%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC EWJ

MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% 2.15%

JPY/USD 0.00% 0.00%

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 EWJ

MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP 4.40%

TOYOTA MOTOR 3.59%

ADVANTEST 3.03%

HITACHI 3.03%

RECRUIT HOLDINGS LTD 3.03%

SONY GROUP 2.89%

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP 2.83%

TOKYO ELECTRON 2.55%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF EWJ iShares MSCI Japan ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI Japan

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +18.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +3.8 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.49%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4690 169

Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and EWJ as of Oct 28, 2026 $16.8bn $23.9bn

BINC and EWJ 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%.

EWJ

EWJ tracks the MSCI Japan. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% 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 169 positions, with the top ten at 29.5%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or EWJ?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and EWJ +18.1%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or EWJ?: BINC is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BINC and EWJ overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 0% of EWJ 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 ↗

EWJ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWJ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWJ ↗

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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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