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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and VOX −5.7%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or VOX?

VOX is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 84% of VOX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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BINC vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to VOX's −5.7%; 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 $6.0bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Communication Services ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

−5.7%

VOX total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.09%

VOX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOX costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.2 points; BINC is 2.7 times larger.

BINC vs VOX: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	VOX
Return
Measure	BINC	VOX
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	−5.7%
Drawdown
Measure	BINC	VOX
Below its high		10.8%, high on Jan 29, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	VOX
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	VOX
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.09%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$16.4bn	$6.0bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	VOX
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	71.1%

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 VOX 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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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC VOX

Only in one fund ↓

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 VOX

Meta Platforms Inc 25.31%

Alphabet Inc 13.97%

Alphabet Inc 7.70%

Walt Disney Co 4.26%

Verizon Communications Inc 4.04%

AT&T Inc 4.04%

Netflix Inc 3.77%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 2.88%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF VOX Vanguard Communication Services ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Communication Services

Total return, 1 year +0.5% −5.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −5.9% (FCOM)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.2 pts vs FCOM

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.09%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 84.3%

Holdings 4690 113

Net assets, BINC as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOX as of Sep 30, 2026 $16.8bn $6.0bn

BINC and VOX 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%.

VOX

VOX tracks an index of Communication Services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.7% with distributions reinvested, against −5.9% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 84% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 113 positions, with the top ten at 71.1%. It sat 10.8% below its high of Jan 29, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or VOX?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and VOX −5.7%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or VOX?: VOX is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BINC and VOX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 84% of VOX 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 ↗

VOX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOX ↗

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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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