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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and USO +133.3%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or USO?

BINC is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 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 USO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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BINC is an actively managed equity fund and USO a commodity futures fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USO returned +133.3% against +0.5%.

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Net assets: $16.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF, and $1.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for United States Oil Fund, LP.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+133.3%

USO total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.86%

USO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BINC costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 132.8 points; BINC is 8.8 times larger.

BINC vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	USO
Return
Measure	BINC	USO
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+133.3%
Drawdown
Measure	BINC	USO
Below its high		82.3%, high on Jul 14, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	USO
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Oil futures
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	USO
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.86%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$1.9bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	USO
Holdings in common	not published
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%

Method

Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF USO United States Oil Fund, LP

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares USCF

What it is Actively managed Holds oil futures

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +133.3%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.86%

Holdings 4690 not counted

Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and USO as of Oct 28, 2026 $16.8bn $1.9bn

BINC and USO 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%.

USO

USO holds oil futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +133.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.86% a year. It sat 82.3% below its high of Jul 14, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or USO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and USO +133.3%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or USO?: BINC is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 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 ↗

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