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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IGSB +1.3%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or IGSB?

IGSB is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BINC vs IGSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BINC's duration was 2.9 years on Jul 31, 2026 and IGSB's 2.7 on Aug 31, 2026; IGSB charges 0.04% to BINC's 0.40%.

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Net assets: $16.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF, and $23.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+1.3%

IGSB total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.04%

IGSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IGSB costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.8 points; IGSB is 1.4 times larger.

BINC vs IGSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IGSB
Return
Measure	BINC	IGSB
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+1.3%
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	IGSB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE BofA 1-5 Year US Corporate Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	IGSB
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$16.8bn	$23.7bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	IGSB
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 IGSB

Return

Total return edge BINC +21.3% +18.0%

Annualized edge BINC +5.8% +5.0%

Price return edge IGSB +0.2% +2.6%

Risk

Volatility edge IGSB 3.1% 2.4%

Max drawdown edge IGSB −2.7% −1.4%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge BINC 0.37 0.13

Sortino edge BINC 0.57 0.20

Calmar edge IGSB 2.20 3.66

Reading

BINC returned more: +21.3% to +18.0%. IGSB swung less: 2.4% to 3.1%. IGSB fell less at its worst: −1.4% to −2.7%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: BINC vs IGSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IGSB	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+21.3%	+18.0%	BINC	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+5.8%	+5.0%	BINC	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+0.2%	+2.6%	IGSB	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	3.1%	2.4%	IGSB	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	2.0%	1.6%	IGSB	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−2.7%	−1.4%	IGSB	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.37	0.13	BINC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.57	0.20	BINC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	2.20	3.66	IGSB	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 IGSB 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 IGSB

Suzano Austria GmbH, due Jan 15, 2029 0.03% 0.04%

Suzano Austria GmbH, due Jan 15, 2030 0.03% 0.03%

JSC Kaspi.kz, due Mar 26, 2030 0.02% 0.02%

Eagle Funding Luxco Sarl, due Aug 17, 2030 0.02% 0.29%

Saudi Arabian Oil Co, due Jun 2, 2030 0.02% 0.04%

Kaspi.KZ JSC, due Apr 28, 2031 0.03% 0.01%

Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp, due Jun 15, 2029 0.01% 0.02%

Vistra Operations Co LLC, due May 1, 2029 0.01% 0.01%

VOC Escrow Ltd, due Feb 15, 2028 0.02% 0.01%

Kioxia Holdings Corp, due Jul 24, 2030 0.02% 0.01%

Vale Overseas Ltd, due Feb 25, 2056 0.00% 0.01%

Trust 2401, due Jan 15, 2030 0.01% 0.00%

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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 IGSB

T-Mobile USA Inc, due Apr 15, 2030 0.17%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp, due Jul 15, 2031 0.15%

Bank of America Corp, due Dec 20, 2028 0.14%

Amazon.com Inc, due Mar 13, 2031 0.13%

AbbVie Inc, due Nov 21, 2029 0.13%

Mars Inc, due Mar 1, 2030 0.12%

CVS Health Corp, due Mar 25, 2028 0.12%

Amazon.com Inc, due Jul 9, 2031 0.12%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +1.3%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.04%

Holdings 4690 4781

Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and IGSB as of Oct 28, 2026 $16.8bn $23.7bn

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

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

What each follows. BINC follows No index, actively managed and IGSB follows ICE BofA 1-5 Year US Corporate Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026).
Cost. BINC charges 0.40% of assets a year and IGSB 0.04%, a gap of 0.36 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%.

IGSB

IGSB tracks an index of 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or IGSB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IGSB +1.3%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or IGSB?: IGSB is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 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 ↗

IGSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IGSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IGSB ↗

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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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