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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and MINT +4.2%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or MINT?

MINT is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BINC vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to MINT's +4.2%, and MINT charges 0.36% to BINC's 0.40%.

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Net assets: $16.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF, and $16.4bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

MINT costs 0.04 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points.

BINC vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	MINT
Return
Measure	BINC	MINT
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+4.2%
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	MINT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	MINT
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.36%
Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026	$16.8bn	$16.4bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	MINT
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 Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026. Method

Risk and return

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

BINC MINT

Return

Total return edge BINC +21.3% +18.8%

Annualized edge BINC +5.8% +5.2%

Price return edge MINT +0.2% +1.4%

Risk

Volatility edge MINT 3.1% 0.3%

Max drawdown edge MINT −2.7% −0.1%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge MINT 0.37 1.89

Sortino edge MINT 0.57 2.90

Calmar 2.20 Not measured

Reading

BINC returned more: +21.3% to +18.8%. MINT swung less: 0.3% to 3.1%. MINT fell less at its worst: −0.1% to −2.7%.

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9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: BINC vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	MINT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+21.3%	+18.8%	BINC	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+5.8%	+5.2%	BINC	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+0.2%	+1.4%	MINT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	3.1%	0.3%	MINT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	2.0%	0.2%	MINT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−2.7%	−0.1%	MINT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.37	1.89	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.57	2.90	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	2.20	Not measured		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 MINT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC MINT

Freddie Mac REMICS, due Nov 25, 2054 0.03% 0.05%

Palmer Square Loan Funding 2025-3 Ltd, due Jan 15, 2034 0.02% 0.04%

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust 2020-H, due Apr 15, 2069 0.01% 0.03%

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2020-C Trust, due Feb 15, 2046 0.01% 0.03%

SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust 2005-A, due Dec 15, 2038 0.01% 0.01%

GCAT 2022-HX1 Trust, due Dec 27, 2066 0.00% 0.09%

Verus Securitization Trust 2021-R1, due Oct 25, 2063 0.00% 0.01%

Fannie Mae REMICS, due Dec 25, 2054 0.02% 0.00%

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust 2019-C, due Feb 15, 2068 0.00% 0.00%

BlueMountain CLO 2018-3 Ltd, due Oct 25, 2030 0.00% 0.01%

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust 2021-A, due May 15, 2069 0.00% 0.01%

BlueMountain CLO 2016-3 Ltd, due Nov 15, 2030 0.00% 0.00%

Only in one fund ↓

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 MINT

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 31, 2031 6.21%

Federal National Mortgage Association REMICS, due Sep 25, 2054 1.12%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS, due Nov 25, 2054 0.99%

Sumisho Air Lease Corp., due Aug 15, 2026 0.87%

HSBC Holdings PLC, due Jun 9, 2028 0.77%

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Oct 29, 2026 0.77%

Trillium Credit Card Trust II, due Mar 26, 2031 0.71%

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, due Sep 23, 2026 0.70%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares PIMCO

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +4.2%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.36%

Holdings 4690 977

Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 $16.8bn $16.4bn

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

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

Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 BINC returned +0.5% and MINT +4.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.7 points.
Number of holdings. BINC holds 4,690 positions and MINT holds 977.

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%.

MINT

MINT is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or MINT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and MINT +4.2%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or MINT?: MINT is cheaper, by 0.04 percentage points a year. That is about $4 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 ↗

MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

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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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