ETF comparison
BINC vs VMBS
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Flexible Income Active ETF · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
3 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BINC and VMBS would leave roughly 0.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VMBS is 37 bps cheaper than BINC. On a $100,000 position that's about $370/yr more in fees for BINC.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with BINC vs VMBS.
Top shared holdings
3 shared in total| # | Holding | In BINC | In VMBS | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UMBS, TBA | 3.48% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 2 | UMBS, TBA | 0.31% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 3 | UMBS, TBA | 0.81% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Only in BINC
4,038 total- UMBS, TBA 6.83%
- UMBS, TBA 2.35%
- UMBS, TBA 1.57%
- iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 1.46%
- Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro 1.32%
- UMBS, TBA 1.10%
- iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 1.06%
- Spain Government Bonds 0.97%
- UMBS, TBA 0.80%
- BONOS Y OBLIG DEL ESTADO 0.77%
Only in VMBS
4,859 total- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.33%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.30%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.30%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.29%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.28%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.27%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.27%
- Fannie Mae Pool 0.27%
- Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.26%
- Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.26%
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- BINC vs PULS · PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF 0.3%
- BINC vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.2%
- BINC vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.2%
- BINC vs VUSB · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF 0.1%
More comparisons with VMBS
- VMBS vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.3%
- VMBS vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.0%
- VMBS vs BIV · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VMBS vs BLV · Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VMBS vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VMBS vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open BINC or VMBS at a brokerage
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.