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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and XLB +18.5%.

Which is cheaper, BINC or XLB?

XLB is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 100% of XLB by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BINC vs XLB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BINC returned +0.5% to XLB's +18.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $16.8bn for iShares Flexible Income Active ETF and $8.1bn for State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+0.5%

BINC total return, 1 year

+18.5%

XLB total return, 1 year

0.40%

BINC expense ratio

0.08%

XLB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLB costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.0 points; BINC is 2.1 times larger.

BINC vs XLB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BINC	XLB
Return
Measure	BINC	XLB
Total return, 1 year	+0.5%	+18.5%
Benchmark
Measure	BINC	XLB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Materials Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	BINC	XLB
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.8bn	$8.1bn
Holdings
Measure	BINC	XLB
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.6%	58.5%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BINC XLB

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 XLB

LINDE PLC 12.96%

NEWMONT CORP 6.56%

FREEPORT MCMORAN INC 5.23%

ECOLAB INC 4.98%

VULCAN MATERIALS CO 4.89%

NUCOR CORP 4.89%

AIR PRODUCTS + CHEMICALS INC 4.84%

STEEL DYNAMICS INC 4.77%

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Side by side

BINC iShares Flexible Income Active ETF XLB State Street Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Materials

Total return, 1 year +0.5% +18.5%

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.8%

Holdings 4690 25

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.8bn $8.1bn

BINC and XLB 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%.

XLB

XLB tracks an index of Materials. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 25 positions, with the top ten at 58.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BINC or XLB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BINC returned +0.5% and XLB +18.5%.
Which is cheaper, BINC or XLB?: XLB is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do BINC and XLB overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of BINC and 100% of XLB 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 ↗

XLB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLB 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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