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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and EWY +79.7%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or EWY?

BINC is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BINC vs EWY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to EWY's +79.7%; 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 $24.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI South Korea ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+79.7%

EWY total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.59%

EWY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BINC costs 0.19 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 79.2 points; EWY is 1.3 times larger.

BINC vs EWY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	EWY
Return
Measure	BINC	EWY
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+79.7%
Drawdown
Measure	BINC	EWY
Below its high		24.3%, high on Jun 18, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	EWY
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI Korea 25/50 Daily 25 Capped Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	EWY
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$16.8bn	$22.5bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	EWY
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	60.9%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and EWY 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 EWY

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 EWY

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 23.14%

SK HYNIX 23.11%

SK SQUARE 2.78%

SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD 2.67%

KB FINANCIAL GROUP 2.06%

SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP 1.54%

HYUNDAI MOTOR 1.51%

HANA FINANCIAL GROUP 1.39%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI South Korea

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +79.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +16.3% (EEM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +63.4 pts vs EEM

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.59%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4690 78

Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and EWY as of Oct 28, 2026 $16.8bn $24.4bn

BINC and EWY 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%.

EWY

EWY tracks the MSCI South Korea. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +79.7% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% 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 78 positions, with the top ten at 60.9%. It sat 24.3% below its high of Jun 18, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or EWY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and EWY +79.7%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or EWY?: BINC is cheaper, by 0.19 percentage points a year. That is about $19 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BINC and EWY overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 0% of EWY 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 ↗

EWY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EWY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for EWY ↗

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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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