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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and MINT +4.2%.

Which is cheaper, AOR or MINT?

AOR is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AOR vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to MINT's +4.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $16.4bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund.

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At a glance

+7.8%

AOR total return, 1 year

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

0.15%

AOR expense ratio

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AOR costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.6 points.

AOR vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	MINT
Return
Measure	AOR	MINT
Total return, 1 year	+7.8%	+4.2%
Benchmark
Measure	AOR	MINT
What it tracks	60/40 Balanced Allocation	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	AOR	MINT
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.36%
Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026	$3.9bn	$16.4bn
Holdings
Measure	AOR	MINT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	99.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

Risk and return

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

AOR MINT

Return

Total return edge AOR +255.6% +42.4%

Annualized edge AOR +7.8% +2.1%

Price return edge AOR +137.3% +0.5%

Risk

Volatility edge MINT 10.1% 1.1%

Max drawdown edge MINT −22.2% −4.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge AOR 0.64 0.50

Sortino edge AOR 0.92 0.59

Calmar edge MINT 0.35 0.46

Reading

AOR returned more: +255.6% to +42.4%. MINT swung less: 1.1% to 10.1%. MINT fell less at its worst: −4.6% to −22.2%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: AOR vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AOR	MINT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+255.6%	+42.4%	AOR	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+7.8%	+2.1%	AOR	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+137.3%	+0.5%	AOR	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	10.1%	1.1%	MINT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	7.1%	1.0%	MINT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−22.2%	−4.6%	MINT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.64	0.50	AOR	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.92	0.59	AOR	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.35	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, AOR and MINT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR MINT

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AOR

ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%

ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%

ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%

ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%

iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%

ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%

ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%

Only in MINT

United States Treasury 6.21%

Fannie Mae 1.12%

Freddie Mac 0.99%

SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP 0.87%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.77%

AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.77%

Trillium Credit Card Trust II 0.71%

INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.70%

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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Where it sits Allocation ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares PIMCO

What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +7.8% +4.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.36%

Holdings 7 977

Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 $3.9bn $16.4bn

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

Client brief

No client brief for this pair: the two funds' holdings are dated 119 days apart.

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About each fund

AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

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, AOR or MINT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and MINT +4.2%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or MINT?: AOR is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

AOR on its own →MINT on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AOR dividend history →AOR holdings →MINT dividend history →MINT holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AOR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AOR ↗

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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