Which returned more over the last year, JNK or MINT?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +3.3% and MINT returned +4.4%, so MINT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, JNK or MINT?

JNK charges 0.40% a year and MINT charges 0.36%, so MINT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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JNK vs MINT: how they differ

JNK and MINT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and MINT returned more over the year.

State Street(R) SPDR(R) Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF and PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JNK and MINT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in JNK	Only in MINT
1261229 BC LTD 0.64%	United States Treasury 6.51%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.58%	Fannie Mae 1.18%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.52%	Freddie Mac 1.04%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.49%	SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP 0.91%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.42%	HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.41%	AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.81%
DISH NETWORK CORP 0.41%	Trillium Credit Card Trust II 0.75%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.40%	INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.73%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

JNK and MINT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	JNK State Street(R) SPDR(R) Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF	MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	PIMCO
What it is	SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond	Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Trad
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	+4.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	−13.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.36%
Holdings	1198	977

JNK in plain words

JNK is a bond fund tracking the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

MINT in plain words

MINT is an index equity fund tracking the Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Trad. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 10% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 977 positions, with the top ten at 14.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JNK or MINT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +3.3% and MINT returned +4.4%, so MINT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, JNK or MINT?: JNK charges 0.40% a year and MINT charges 0.36%, so MINT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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JNK against MINT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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