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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IEF −3.2%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or IEF?

IEF 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.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BINC vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BINC's duration was 2.9 years on Jul 31, 2026 and IEF's 7.0 on Aug 31, 2026; IEF charges 0.15% to BINC's 0.40%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $16.8bn for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF and $43.5bn for iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

−3.2%

IEF total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.15%

IEF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEF costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; IEF is 2.6 times larger.

BINC vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IEF
Return
Measure	BINC	IEF
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	−3.2%
Drawdown
Measure	BINC	IEF
Below its high		13.1%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	IEF
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	IEF
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$43.5bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	IEF
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%

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

Risk and return

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

BINC IEF

Return

Total return edge BINC +21.3% +5.7%

Annualized edge BINC +5.8% +1.6%

Price return edge BINC +0.2% −6.4%

Risk

Volatility edge BINC 3.1% 6.5%

Max drawdown edge BINC −2.7% −7.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge BINC 0.37 −0.42

Sortino edge BINC 0.57 −0.59

Calmar edge BINC 2.20 0.23

Reading

BINC returned more: +21.3% to +5.7%. BINC swung less: 3.1% to 6.5%. BINC fell less at its worst: −2.7% to −7.1%.

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Risk and return: BINC vs IEF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IEF	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+21.3%	+5.7%	BINC	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+5.8%	+1.6%	BINC	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+0.2%	−6.4%	BINC	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	3.1%	6.5%	BINC	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	2.0%	4.7%	BINC	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−2.7%	−7.1%	BINC	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.37	−0.42	BINC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.57	−0.59	BINC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	2.20	0.23	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 IEF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC IEF

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 IEF

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2036 9.31%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2035 8.74%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2034 8.63%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2035 8.52%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2034 8.31%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2035 8.25%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2035 8.21%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2034 8.12%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +0.5% −3.2%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.15%

Holdings 4690 17

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.8bn $43.5bn

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

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

What each follows. BINC follows No index, actively managed and IEF follows ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 BINC returned +0.5% and IEF −3.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.7 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%.

IEF

IEF tracks an index of 7-10 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 13.1% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or IEF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IEF −3.2%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or IEF?: IEF 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.

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Sources and dates

BINC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BINC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for BINC ↗

IEF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEF ↗

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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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