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BINC vs HYS: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BINC's duration was 2.9 years on Jul 31, 2026 and HYS's 3.6 on Jun 30, 2026; BINC charges 0.40% to HYS's 0.56%.

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Net assets: $16.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF, and $1.7bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund.

BINC on its own →HYS on its own →
At a glance
+0.5%
BINC total return, 1 year
+1.4%
HYS total return, 1 year
0.40%
BINC expense ratio
0.56%
HYS expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BINC costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.9 points.

BINC vs HYS: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureBINCHYS
Return
Total return, 1 year+0.5%+1.4%
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedICE BofA 0-5 Year US High Yield Constrained Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.40%0.56%
Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and HYS as of Jun 30, 2026$16.8bn$1.7bn
Holdings
Holdings in common6%
In the S&P 500, by weight0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund24.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026. Method

What they share

6%

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and HYS hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC HYS
Beignet Investor LLC, due May 30, 2049 0.28% 0.19%
TransDigm Inc, due Aug 15, 2028 0.11% 0.28%
Meridian Arc Holdco LLC, due Apr 30, 2031 0.07% 0.25%
CoreWeave Inc, due Oct 1, 2031 0.06% 0.12%
Windstream Services LLC / Windstream Escrow Finance Corp, due Oct 1, 2031 0.06% 0.09%
Cloud Software Group LLC, due Sep 30, 2029 0.06% 0.42%
HUB International Ltd, due Jun 15, 2030 0.06% 0.12%
Ahlstrom Holding 3 Oy, due Feb 4, 2028 0.06% 0.07%
Venture Global LNG Inc, due Feb 1, 2029 0.06% 0.36%
Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co, due Apr 15, 2030 0.06% 0.21%
United Rentals North America Inc, due Jan 15, 2028 0.06% 0.09%
Gray Media Inc, due Jul 15, 2032 0.06% 0.20%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in BINC
Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 6.83%
Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Sep 1, 2056 3.48%
Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 2.35%
Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 1.57%
iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 1.46%
Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro, due Feb 1, 2031 1.32%
Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 1.10%
iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 1.06%
Only in HYS
B&G Foods, Inc., due Sep 15, 2028 0.47%
OneMain Finance Corp., due Jan 15, 2027 0.47%
Rakuten Group, Inc., due Feb 15, 2027 0.43%
Neptune Bidco U.S., Inc., due Apr 15, 2029 0.41%
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., due Sep 17, 2027 0.41%
National Mentor Holdings, Inc., due Dec 15, 2030 0.39%
Connect Holding II LLC, due Apr 3, 2031 0.37%
DISH DBS Corp., due Dec 1, 2026 0.34%
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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF HYS PIMCO 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer iShares PIMCO
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index
Total return, 1 year +0.5% +1.4%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.4% (AGG)
Gap to its benchmark not measured +2.8 pts vs AGG
Expense ratio 0.40% 0.56%
Holdings 4690 851
Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and HYS as of Jun 30, 2026 $16.8bn $1.7bn

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

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BINC and HYS are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. BINC follows No index, actively managed and HYS follows ICE BofA 0-5 Year US High Yield Constrained Index.
  2. Holdings in common. 6% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).
  3. Number of holdings. BINC holds 4,690 positions and HYS holds 851.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

HYS

HYS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.56% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or HYS?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and HYS +1.4%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or HYS?
BINC is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
BINC on its own →HYS on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →BINC dividend history →BINC holdings →HYS dividend history →HYS holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
BINC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
BINC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for BINC ↗
HYS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
HYS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
PIMCO website ↗

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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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