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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and SPSB +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or SPSB?

SPSB is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BINC vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BINC's duration was 2.9 years on Jul 31, 2026 and SPSB's 1.8 on Jun 30, 2026; SPSB charges 0.04% to BINC's 0.40%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $16.8bn for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF and $11.3bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+2.2%

SPSB total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.04%

SPSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPSB costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.7 points; BINC is 1.5 times larger.

BINC vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	SPSB
Return
Measure	BINC	SPSB
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+2.2%
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	SPSB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	SPSB
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$11.3bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	SPSB
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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and SPSB 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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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC SPSB

Suzano Austria GmbH, due Jan 15, 2029 0.03% 0.01%

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 SPSB

Salesforce Inc, due Mar 15, 2029 0.56%

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Oct 29, 2028 0.44%

Bank of America Corp, due Dec 20, 2028 0.42%

Citigroup Inc, due Mar 4, 2029 0.42%

Morgan Stanley, due Apr 10, 2030 0.38%

JPMorgan Chase & Co, due Jul 25, 2028 0.38%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2028 0.37%

Sprint Capital Corp, due Nov 15, 2028 0.37%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +2.2%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +3.6 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.04%

Holdings 4690 1684

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.8bn $11.3bn

BINC and SPSB 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%.

SPSB

SPSB tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or SPSB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and SPSB +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or SPSB?: SPSB is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

BINC on its own →SPSB on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →BINC dividend history →BINC holdings →SPSB dividend history →SPSB holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

BINC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BINC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for BINC ↗

SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street 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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