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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IWC +16.5%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or IWC?

BINC is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BINC vs IWC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to IWC's +16.5%; 0% 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 $1.2bn for iShares Micro-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+16.5%

IWC total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.60%

IWC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BINC costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.0 points; BINC is 14.0 times larger.

BINC vs IWC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IWC
Return
Measure	BINC	IWC
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+16.5%
Drawdown
Measure	BINC	IWC
Below its high		9.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	IWC
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Russell Microcap Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	IWC
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.60%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$1.2bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	IWC
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	5.9%

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

Risk and return

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

BINC IWC

Return

Total return edge IWC +21.3% +70.7%

Annualized edge IWC +5.8% +17.0%

Price return edge IWC +0.2% +64.0%

Risk

Volatility edge BINC 3.1% 22.7%

Max drawdown edge BINC −2.7% −26.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IWC 0.37 0.61

Sortino edge IWC 0.57 0.92

Calmar edge BINC 2.20 0.63

Reading

IWC returned more: +70.7% to +21.3%. BINC swung less: 3.1% to 22.7%. BINC fell less at its worst: −2.7% to −26.9%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: BINC vs IWC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IWC	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+21.3%	+70.7%	IWC	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+5.8%	+17.0%	IWC	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+0.2%	+64.0%	IWC	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	3.1%	22.7%	BINC	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	2.0%	15.0%	BINC	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−2.7%	−26.9%	BINC	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.37	0.61	IWC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.57	0.92	IWC	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	2.20	0.63	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 IWC 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 IWC

CHS/COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS INC 144A 0.08% 0.09%

AMC GLOBAL MEDIA INC 144A 0.03% 0.06%

COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC 144A 0.03% 0.09%

IHEARTCOMMUNICATIONS INC 144A 0.03% 0.05%

MERLIN MAZECO TL-B 0.03% 0.27%

XEROX CORPORATION 144A 0.03% 0.07%

MAGNERA CORP 144A 0.02% 0.10%

AIB GROUP PLC RegS 0.03% 0.01%

IDR/USD 0.00% 0.08%

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 IWC

CAREDX 0.88%

PENGUIN SOLUTIONS INC 0.73%

NURIX THERAPEUTICS 0.63%

SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP INC 0.60%

VIRIDIAN THERAPEUTICS ORS 0.59%

OUSTER 0.53%

INTERFACE 0.52%

STRIVE INC CLASS A 0.50%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF IWC iShares Micro-Cap ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the Russell Microcap

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +16.5%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.3% (IWV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +3.2 pts vs IWV

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.60%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 91.7%

Holdings 4690 1365

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.8bn $1.2bn

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

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

What each follows. BINC follows No index, actively managed and IWC follows Russell Microcap Index.
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 IWC +16.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 16.0 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%.

IWC

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +16.5% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 3000 Index.

IWC tracks the Russell Microcap. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% 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 1,365 positions, with the top ten at 5.9%. It sat 9.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or IWC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IWC +16.5%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or IWC?: BINC is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BINC and IWC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 92% of IWC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

BINC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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IWC 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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