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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.4% and VCLT returned −4.8%, so MINT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, MINT or VCLT?

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

MINT and VCLT 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 Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, MINT and VCLT 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 MINT	Only in VCLT
United States Treasury 6.51%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.38%
Fannie Mae 1.18%	CVS Health Corp 0.34%
Freddie Mac 1.04%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.29%
SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP 0.91%	Boeing Co/The 0.27%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.81%	Amazon.com Inc 0.26%
Trillium Credit Card Trust II 0.75%	Oracle Corp 0.24%
INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.73%	AT&T Inc 0.24%

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 VCLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund	VCLT Vanguard Long-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	Long-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+4.4%	−4.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−13.1 pts	−22.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.03%
Holdings	977	2775

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%.

VCLT in plain words

VCLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −4.8% 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 18.1% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MINT or VCLT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.4% and VCLT returned −4.8%, so MINT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, MINT or VCLT?: MINT charges 0.36% a year and VCLT charges 0.03%, so VCLT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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