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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and GARP +18.0%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or GARP?

GARP is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 94% of GARP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BINC vs GARP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to GARP's +18.0%; 1% 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 $3.6bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+18.0%

GARP total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.15%

GARP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GARP costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.5 points; BINC is 4.7 times larger.

BINC vs GARP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	GARP
Return
Measure	BINC	GARP
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+18.0%
Drawdown
Measure	BINC	GARP
Below its high		7.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	GARP
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI USA Quality GARP Select Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	GARP
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$3.6bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	GARP
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	43.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and GARP hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC GARP

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 0.21% 0.46%

ALPHABET INC 0.16% 2.24%

AMAZON.COM INC 0.14% 2.12%

DELL INTERNATIONAL LLC 0.12% 0.66%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 0.09% 2.01%

TARGA RESOURCES CORP 0.08% 0.33%

ALPHABET INC 0.06% 2.12%

CENTENE CORPORATION 0.06% 0.12%

TRANSDIGM INC 144A 0.06% 0.06%

GE VERNOVA INC 0.05% 0.24%

VISTRA OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC 144A 0.05% 0.43%

BLOCK INC 144A 0.03% 0.13%

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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 GARP

MICROSOFT 5.67%

APPLE 5.66%

NVIDIA 5.18%

VISA CLASS A 5.13%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61%

LAM RESEARCH 3.31%

CATERPILLAR INC 3.29%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 2.86%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +18.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.3% (PBUS)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +4.7 pts vs PBUS

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.4%

Holdings 4690 131

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.8bn $3.6bn

BINC and GARP 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%.

GARP

GARP tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 131 positions, with the top ten at 43.5%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or GARP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and GARP +18.0%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or GARP?: GARP is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BINC and GARP overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 94% of GARP 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 ↗

GARP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GARP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for GARP ↗

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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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