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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and JAAA +4.7%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or JAAA?

JAAA 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.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BINC vs JAAA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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On Jul 31, 2026 BINC's duration was 2.9 years and JAAA's 0.0; JAAA charges 0.20% to BINC's 0.40%.

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Net assets: $16.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF, and $32.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+4.7%

JAAA total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.20%

JAAA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

JAAA costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.2 points; JAAA is 1.9 times larger.

BINC vs JAAA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	JAAA
Return
Measure	BINC	JAAA
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+4.7%
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	JAAA
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	JAAA
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.20%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$32.5bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	JAAA
Holdings in common	1%
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. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and JAAA hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC JAAA

Elmwood CLO III Ltd, due Jul 18, 2037 0.06% 0.13%

Neuberger Berman CLO XXI Ltd, due Jan 20, 2039 0.06% 0.06%

Signal Peak CLO 8 Ltd, due Oct 20, 2037 0.05% 0.04%

Madison Park Funding LXV Ltd, due Jul 16, 2038 0.04% 0.40%

Crown City CLO I, due Jul 20, 2038 0.04% 0.13%

Park Blue CLO 2024-VI Ltd, due Jan 25, 2038 0.03% 0.26%

Silver Point CLO 6 Ltd, due Oct 15, 2037 0.03% 0.03%

Kennedy Lewis CLO 12 Ltd, due Jul 20, 2038 0.03% 0.19%

Sagard-Halseypoint Clo 10 Ltd, due Oct 20, 2038 0.03% 0.26%

CIFC Funding 2024-III Ltd, due Jul 21, 2037 0.03% 0.03%

Whitebox Clo I Ltd, due Jan 24, 2037 0.03% 0.44%

Kennedy Lewis CLO 9 Ltd, due Jan 20, 2038 0.02% 0.46%

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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 JAAA

AB BSL CLO 1 Ltd., Series 2020-1A, Class A1R2, due Oct 15, 2038 0.78%

Anchorage Capital CLO 16 Ltd., Series 2020-16A, Class A1R2, due Jan 19, 2038 0.73%

Palmer Square CLO Ltd., Series 2018-2A, Class A1R2, due Apr 16, 2037 0.68%

Ares LXI CLO Ltd., Series 2021-61A, Class A1R2, due Apr 20, 2037 0.68%

Carlyle US CLO Ltd., Series 2021-8A, Class A1R, due Oct 15, 2038 0.62%

WISE CLO Ltd., Series 2024-1A, Class AR, due Apr 15, 2037 0.62%

Magnetite XXXII Ltd., Series 2022-32A, Class AR, due Oct 15, 2037 0.60%

Carlyle US CLO Ltd., Series 2021-10A, Class A1R, due Jan 20, 2038 0.60%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF JAAA Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Janus Henderson

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +4.7%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.20%

Holdings 4690 598

Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and JAAA as of Oct 28, 2026 $16.8bn $32.5bn

BINC and JAAA 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%.

JAAA

JAAA is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or JAAA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and JAAA +4.7%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or JAAA?: JAAA 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.

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Sources and dates

BINC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BINC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for BINC ↗

JAAA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JAAA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Janus Henderson page for JAAA ↗

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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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