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

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

Which is cheaper, BINC or QUAL?

QUAL 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 QUAL overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 97% of QUAL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BINC vs QUAL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to QUAL's +13.1%; 1% 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 $48.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+13.1%

QUAL total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.15%

QUAL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

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

BINC vs QUAL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	QUAL
Return
Measure	BINC	QUAL
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+13.1%
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	QUAL
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	QUAL
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$16.8bn	$48.3bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	QUAL
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	44.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and QUAL hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC QUAL

SWP: OIS 4.077000 12-DEC-2055 SOF 0.17% 0.34%

ALPHABET INC 0.16% 1.82%

3M CO 0.12% 0.89%

EXPAND ENERGY CORP 0.12% 0.07%

ALPHABET INC 0.06% 1.43%

APPLIED MATERIALS INC 0.02% 2.39%

KLA CORP 0.02% 2.05%

MERCK & CO INC 0.02% 1.34%

META PLATFORMS INC 0.02% 4.06%

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY (THE) 0.01% 0.34%

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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 QUAL

MICROSOFT 8.09%

APPLE 7.38%

NVIDIA 6.28%

ELI LILLY 4.04%

TJX 3.50%

VISA CLASS A 3.44%

LAM RESEARCH 2.84%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.50%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (MLRG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.5 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.15%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 97.2%

Holdings 4690 119

Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and QUAL as of Oct 28, 2026 $16.8bn $48.2bn

BINC and QUAL 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%.

QUAL

QUAL tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 119 positions, with the top ten at 44.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or QUAL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and QUAL +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or QUAL?: QUAL 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 QUAL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 97% of QUAL 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 ↗

QUAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QUAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for QUAL ↗

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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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