Are BINC and IBB in the same category?

BINC is a bond ETF and IBB is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IBB +37.5%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or IBB?

BINC is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 40% of IBB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BINC vs IBB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to IBB's +37.5%, and BINC charges 0.40% to IBB's 0.44%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $16.8bn for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF and $11.0bn for iShares Biotechnology ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+37.5%

IBB total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.44%

IBB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BINC costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 37.0 points; BINC is 1.5 times larger.

BINC vs IBB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IBB
Return
Measure	BINC	IBB
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+37.5%
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	IBB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Biotech
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	IBB
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.44%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$11.0bn
Active share vs the S&P 500		99%
Holdings
Measure	BINC	IBB
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	50%

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

Risk and return

Jun 2, 2023 to Oct 23, 2026 · 177 weekly returns

BINC IBB

Return

Total return edge IBB +21.3% +62.4%

Annualized edge IBB +5.8% +15.3%

Price return edge IBB +0.2% +61.1%

Risk

Volatility edge BINC 3.1% 20.2%

Max drawdown edge BINC −2.7% −21.5%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IBB 0.37 0.58

Sortino edge IBB 0.57 0.88

Calmar edge BINC 2.20 0.71

Reading

IBB returned more: +62.4% to +21.3%. BINC swung less: 3.1% to 20.2%. BINC fell less at its worst: −2.7% to −21.5%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: BINC vs IBB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IBB	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+21.3%	+62.4%	IBB	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+5.8%	+15.3%	IBB	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+0.2%	+61.1%	IBB	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	3.1%	20.2%	BINC	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	2.0%	13.4%	BINC	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−2.7%	−21.5%	BINC	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.37	0.58	IBB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.57	0.88	IBB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	2.20	0.71	BINC	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 177 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

AMGEN INC 0.10% 8.20%

MERLIN MAZECO TL-B 0.03% 0.08%

CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES INTERNA 144A 0.01% 1.18%

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 IBB

GILEAD SCIENCES 8.56%

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS 7.53%

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS 5.64%

MODERNA 5.29%

NATERA 3.85%

ARGENX SE ADR 3.42%

ILLUMINA INC 2.93%

BIOGEN 2.58%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF IBB iShares Biotechnology ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Thematic ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Biotech

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +37.5%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.44%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 40.2%

Holdings 4690 245

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.8bn $11.0bn

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

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BINC and IBB do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. BINC follows No index, actively managed and IBB follows Biotech.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 BINC returned +0.5% and IBB +37.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 37.0 points.

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%.

IBB

By weight, 40% of IBB's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 99%. The top ten holdings are 50% of the fund across 245 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned +37.5% with distributions reinvested.

Questions people ask

Are BINC and IBB in the same category?: BINC is a bond ETF and IBB is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, BINC or IBB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IBB +37.5%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or IBB?: BINC is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BINC and IBB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 40% of IBB 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 ↗

IBB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IBB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IBB ↗

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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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