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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IWB +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or IWB?

IWB 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.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BINC vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to IWB's +13.1%; 6% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $16.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF, and $49.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+13.1%

IWB total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.15%

IWB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IWB costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.6 points; IWB is 2.9 times larger.

BINC vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IWB
Return
Measure	BINC	IWB
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+13.1%
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	IWB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Russell 1000 Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	IWB
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$16.8bn	$48.7bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	IWB
Holdings in common	6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	35.3%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and IWB hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC IWB

GS FINANCE CORP MTN 0.39% 0.37%

MORGAN STANLEY FINANCE LLC MTN 144A 0.65% 0.29%

CITIGROUP INC 0.23% 0.29%

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 0.21% 0.30%

ALPHABET INC 0.16% 2.63%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.15% 1.26%

SWP: OIS 4.077000 12-DEC-2055 SOF 0.17% 0.15%

AMAZON.COM INC 0.14% 3.46%

SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 0.13% 0.15%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 0.13% 0.52%

3M CO 0.12% 0.12%

DELL INTERNATIONAL LLC 0.12% 0.21%

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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 IWB

NVIDIA 7.15%

APPLE 7.06%

MICROSOFT 5.56%

BROADCOM INC 2.24%

TESLA INC 1.68%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.47%

ELI LILLY 1.44%

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 1.42%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF IWB iShares Russell 1000 ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the Russell 1000

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.2% (VONE)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs VONE

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.7%

Holdings 4690 1025

Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and IWB as of Oct 28, 2026 $16.8bn $49.1bn

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

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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%.

IWB

IWB tracks the Russell 1000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.2% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% 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 1,025 positions, with the top ten at 35.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or IWB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IWB +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or IWB?: IWB 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.
How much do BINC and IWB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 92% of IWB 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 ↗

IWB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWB ↗

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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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