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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and MINT +4.2%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or MINT?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to MINT's +4.2%, and AGG charges 0.03% to MINT's 0.36%.

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Net assets: $139.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $16.4bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points.

AGG vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	MINT
Return
Measure	AGG	MINT
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+4.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	MINT
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	MINT
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	MINT
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.36%
Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026	$139.4bn	$16.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	MINT
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Nov 27, 2009 to Oct 23, 2026 · 882 weekly returns

AGG MINT

Return

Total return edge AGG (slight) +46.5% +42.4%

Annualized edge AGG (slight) +2.3% +2.1%

Price return edge MINT −9.2% +0.5%

Risk

Volatility edge MINT 4.5% 1.1%

Max drawdown edge MINT −18.2% −4.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge MINT 0.18 0.50

Sortino edge MINT 0.26 0.59

Calmar edge MINT 0.13 0.46

Reading

AGG returned slightly more: +46.5% to +42.4%. MINT swung less: 1.1% to 4.5%. MINT fell less at its worst: −4.6% to −18.2%.

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Risk and return: AGG vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	MINT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+46.5%	+42.4%	AGG (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.3%	+2.1%	AGG (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−9.2%	+0.5%	MINT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	4.5%	1.1%	MINT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	3.2%	1.0%	MINT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−18.2%	−4.6%	MINT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.18	0.50	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.26	0.59	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.13	0.46	MINT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 882 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AGG and MINT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Aug 31, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG MINT

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 31, 2031 0.31% 6.21%

Banco Santander SA, due Aug 8, 2028 0.01% 0.27%

Banco Santander SA, due Aug 18, 2027 0.00% 0.04%

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, due Nov 26, 2028 0.00% 0.02%

Toronto-Dominion Bank/The, due Jan 31, 2028 0.00% 0.07%

Ford Motor Credit Co LLC, due Aug 17, 2027 0.00% 0.04%

Banco Santander SA, due Apr 12, 2028 0.00% 0.02%

BAT Capital Corp, due Aug 15, 2027 0.00% 0.31%

Bank of Montreal, due Sep 14, 2027 0.00% 0.06%

Zoetis Inc, due Sep 12, 2027 0.00% 0.00%

Nomura Holdings Inc, due Jan 18, 2028 0.00% 0.06%

National Bank of Canada, due Jan 20, 2029 0.00% 0.12%

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Only in AGG

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2035 0.41%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2034 0.40%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 28, 2030 0.40%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2034 0.40%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2034 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2036 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 15, 2035 0.39%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2033 0.38%

Only in MINT

Federal National Mortgage Association REMICS, due Sep 25, 2054 1.12%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS, due Nov 25, 2054 0.99%

Sumisho Air Lease Corp., due Aug 15, 2026 0.87%

HSBC Holdings PLC, due Jun 9, 2028 0.77%

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Oct 29, 2026 0.77%

Trillium Credit Card Trust II, due Mar 26, 2031 0.71%

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, due Sep 23, 2026 0.70%

HCA, Inc., due Aug 18, 2026 0.63%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares PIMCO

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +4.2%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.36%

Holdings 13469 977

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 $139.4bn $16.4bn

AGG and MINT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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AGG and MINT do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. AGG follows Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and MINT follows No index, actively managed.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Aug 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 AGG returned −1.4% and MINT +4.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 5.6 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

MINT

MINT is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AGG or MINT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and MINT +4.2%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or MINT?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

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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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