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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IWF +0.9%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or IWF?

IWF is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 94% of IWF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BINC vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to IWF's +0.9%; 2% 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 $124.7bn for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IWF costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; IWF is 7.4 times larger.

BINC vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	IWF
Return
Measure	BINC	IWF
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+0.9%
Drawdown
Measure	BINC	IWF
Below its high		4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	IWF
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Russell 1000 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	IWF
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$124.7bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	IWF
Holdings in common	2%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	57.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and IWF hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC IWF

MARVELL TECHNOLOGY INC 0.21% 0.64%

ALPHABET INC 0.16% 5.62%

AMAZON.COM INC 0.14% 0.62%

AMGEN INC 0.10% 0.52%

BOEING CO 0.10% 0.25%

CITIGROUP INC 0.23% 0.10%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 0.09% 2.74%

TARGA RESOURCES CORP 0.08% 0.19%

ABBVIE INC 0.07% 0.12%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.10% 0.07%

ALPHABET INC 0.06% 4.53%

TRANSDIGM INC 144A 0.06% 0.10%

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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 IWF

NVIDIA 15.30%

APPLE 8.18%

MICROSOFT 5.94%

BROADCOM INC 4.79%

TESLA INC 3.58%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.15%

ELI LILLY 3.08%

VISA CLASS A 2.05%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the Russell 1000 growth

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +0.9%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +1.1% (VONG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.2 pts vs VONG

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.18%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 93.5%

Holdings 4690 374

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.8bn $124.7bn

BINC and IWF 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%.

IWF

IWF tracks the Russell 1000 growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.9% with distributions reinvested, against +1.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 374 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or IWF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and IWF +0.9%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or IWF?: IWF is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BINC and IWF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 94% of IWF 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 ↗

IWF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWF ↗

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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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