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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and VGK +10.4%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or VGK?

VGK is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do BINC and VGK overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BINC vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to VGK's +10.4%; 0% 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 $29.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+10.4%

VGK total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.06%

VGK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VGK costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.9 points; VGK is 1.8 times larger.

BINC vs VGK: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	VGK
Return
Measure	BINC	VGK
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+10.4%
Drawdown
Measure	BINC	VGK
Below its high		6.1%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	VGK
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	VGK
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$16.4bn	$29.6bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	VGK
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	19.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BINC and VGK hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC VGK

SUNRISE FINCO I BV 144A 0.02% 0.01%

INPOST SA (IS IRIS LUX BIDCO SA RL TL-B 0.01% 0.01%

IDR/USD 0.00% 0.04%

PHP/USD 0.00% 0.02%

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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 VGK

ASML Holding NV 4.47%

HSBC Holdings PLC 2.19%

Roche Holding AG 1.89%

Novartis AG 1.72%

Shell PLC 1.64%

AstraZeneca PLC 1.56%

Nestle SA 1.51%

Siemens AG 1.45%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF VGK Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of European Stock

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +10.4%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.0%

Holdings 4690 1245

Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and VGK as of Sep 30, 2026 $16.8bn $29.6bn

BINC and VGK 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%.

VGK

VGK tracks an index of European Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,245 positions, with the top ten at 19.0%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or VGK?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and VGK +10.4%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or VGK?: VGK is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BINC and VGK overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 0% of VGK 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 ↗

VGK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VGK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VGK ↗

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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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