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BSCQ vs YEAR: Differences, Returns & Fees

On May 31, 2026 BSCQ's duration was 0.3 years and YEAR's 0.9; BSCQ charges 0.10% to YEAR's 0.25%. Net assets: $3.1bn on Oct 20, 2026 for Invesco BulletShares 2026 Corporate Bond ETF, and $1.6bn on Oct 19, 2026 for AB Ultra Short Income ETF.

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BSCQ costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.0 point; BSCQ is 2.0 times larger.

BSCQ vs YEAR: Differences, Returns & Fees
BSCQYEAR
Expense ratio0.10%0.25%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026$3.1bn$1.6bn
Total return, 1 year+3.8%+2.8%
What it tracksnot read by ETFIQNo index, actively managed
Holdings in common14%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026.

+3.8%
BSCQ total return, 1 year
+2.8%
YEAR total return, 1 year
0.10%
BSCQ expense ratio
0.25%
YEAR expense ratio

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BSCQ and YEAR are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

  1. What each follows. BSCQ follows not read by ETFIQ and YEAR follows No index, actively managed.
  2. Holdings in common. 14% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026).
  3. Cost. BSCQ charges 0.10% of assets a year and YEAR 0.25%, a gap of 0.15 points.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSCQ and YEAR hold 14% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026.

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14% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding BSCQ YEAR
Citigroup Inc., due Oct 21, 2026 1.12% 1.39%
Wells Fargo & Co., due Jun 3, 2026 0.91% 1.43%
Morgan Stanley, due Sep 8, 2026 0.84% 1.39%
JPMorgan Chase & Co., due Dec 15, 2026 0.75% 1.38%
Bank of America Corp., due Oct 22, 2026 0.73% 1.39%
Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., due Jul 21, 2026 0.56% 1.40%
Capital One Financial Corp., due Jul 28, 2026 0.56% 1.41%
Molson Coors Beverage Co., due Jul 15, 2026 0.87% 0.51%
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., due Jun 1, 2026 0.68% 0.50%
Oracle Corp., due Jul 15, 2026 1.30% 0.50%
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Oct 29, 2026 1.62% 0.50%
Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), due Jul 17, 2026 0.68% 0.49%
Only in BSCQ
Microsoft Corp., due Aug 8, 2026 1.73%
AbbVie Inc., due Nov 21, 2026 1.73%
Wells Fargo & Co., due Oct 23, 2026 1.31%
Morgan Stanley, due Jul 27, 2026 1.12%
JPMorgan Chase & Co., due Oct 1, 2026 1.12%
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., due Dec 8, 2026 1.04%
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), due Nov 16, 2026 1.03%
Apple Inc., due Aug 4, 2026 0.97%
Only in YEAR
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2028 8.19%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Mar 31, 2028 4.51%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Dec 31, 2026 4.25%
U.S. Treasury Floating Rate Notes, due Jul 31, 2026 4.20%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 30, 2028 2.52%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jul 15, 2028 2.51%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 29, 2028 2.46%
U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 15, 2029 1.98%

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On the same fields

BSCQ
Invesco BulletShares 2026 Corporate Bond ETF
YEAR
AB Ultra Short Income ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer Invesco AllianceBernstein
What it is Tracks an index Actively managed
Total return, 1 year +3.8% +2.8%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.9% (AGG)
Gap to its benchmark not measured +4.8 pts vs AGG
Expense ratio 0.10% 0.25%
Holdings 64 141
Net assets, BSCQ as of Oct 20, 2026 and YEAR as of Oct 19, 2026 $3.1bn $1.6bn

BSCQ and YEAR on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About BSCQ

BSCQ tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +3.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.10% a year.

About YEAR

YEAR is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +2.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.9% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.25% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSCQ or YEAR?
In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSCQ returned +3.8% and YEAR +2.8%.
Which is cheaper, BSCQ or YEAR?
BSCQ is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where these figures came from
BSCQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BSCQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Invesco page for BSCQ ↗YEAR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗YEAR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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