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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.4% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so MINT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, MINT or VCIT?

MINT charges 0.36% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so VCIT 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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MINT vs VCIT: how they differ

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

PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

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

Positions MINT and VCIT both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	MINT	VCIT
ORIX CORP	0.10%	0.00%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in MINT	Only in VCIT
United States Treasury 6.51%	Amazon.com Inc 0.31%
Fannie Mae 1.18%	Boeing Co/The 0.28%
Freddie Mac 1.04%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%
SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP 0.91%	Bank of America Corp 0.27%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%	Oracle Corp 0.27%
AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.81%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
Trillium Credit Card Trust II 0.75%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%
INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.73%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.25%

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 and May 31, 2026.

MINT and VCIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund	VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	PIMCO	Vanguard
What it is	Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Trad	Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+4.4%	−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−13.1 pts	−18.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.03%
Holdings	977	2302

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%.

VCIT in plain words

VCIT is a bond fund tracking the Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MINT or VCIT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.4% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so MINT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, MINT or VCIT?: MINT charges 0.36% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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MINT against VCIT, 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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