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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IGM +21.7%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or IGM?

IGM is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 92% of IGM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BINC vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to IGM's +21.7%; 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 $11.0bn for iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+21.7%

IGM total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.37%

IGM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IGM costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.2 points; BINC is 1.5 times larger.

BINC vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IGM
Return
Measure	BINC	IGM
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+21.7%
Drawdown
Measure	BINC	IGM
Below its high		6.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	IGM
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P North American Expanded Technology Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	IGM
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$11.0bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	IGM
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	56.8%

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

Risk and return

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

BINC IGM

Return

Total return edge IGM +21.3% +150.4%

Annualized edge IGM +5.8% +31.0%

Price return edge IGM +0.2% +148.4%

Risk

Volatility edge BINC 3.1% 23.1%

Max drawdown edge BINC −2.7% −25.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IGM 0.37 1.09

Sortino edge IGM 0.57 1.73

Calmar edge BINC 2.20 1.22

Reading

IGM returned more: +150.4% to +21.3%. BINC swung less: 3.1% to 23.1%. BINC fell less at its worst: −2.7% to −25.4%.

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Risk and return: BINC vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IGM	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+21.3%	+150.4%	IGM	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+5.8%	+31.0%	IGM	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+0.2%	+148.4%	IGM	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	3.1%	23.1%	BINC	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	2.0%	14.6%	BINC	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−2.7%	−25.4%	BINC	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.37	1.09	IGM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.57	1.73	IGM	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	2.20	1.22	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 IGM 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 IGM

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 0.21% 0.97%

ALPHABET INC 0.16% 4.57%

DELL INTERNATIONAL LLC 0.12% 0.69%

COREWEAVE COMPUTE ACQUISITION CO V DDTL 0.29% 0.10%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 0.09% 4.16%

MKS INCORPORATED RegS 0.10% 0.07%

ALPHABET INC 0.06% 3.66%

ANALOG DEVICES INC 0.04% 0.94%

INTEL CORPORATION 0.03% 2.12%

VIASAT INC 144A 0.03% 0.04%

WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.04% 0.03%

APLD COMPUTECO LLC 144A 0.04% 0.02%

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 IGM

APPLE 9.36%

MICROSOFT 9.19%

NVIDIA 8.28%

BROADCOM INC 7.07%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.07%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 2.08%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 2.00%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 1.49%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF IGM iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +21.7%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.9%

Holdings 4690 295

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

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

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

What each follows. BINC follows No index, actively managed and IGM follows S&P North American Expanded Technology Sector Index.
Holdings in common. 1% 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 IGM +21.7% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 21.2 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%.

IGM

IGM tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 295 positions, with the top ten at 56.8%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or IGM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IGM +21.7%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or IGM?: IGM is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BINC and IGM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 92% of IGM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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IGM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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