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

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

Which is cheaper, BOND or MINT?

MINT is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BOND vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to MINT's +4.2%, and MINT charges 0.36% to BOND's 0.54%.

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Net assets on Jun 30, 2026: $8.3bn for PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund and $16.4bn for PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

MINT costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.6 points; MINT is 2.0 times larger.

BOND vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	MINT
Return
Measure	BOND	MINT
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+4.2%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	MINT
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	MINT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	MINT
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.36%
Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026	$8.3bn	$16.4bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	MINT
Holdings in common	1%

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

Risk and return

Mar 9, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026 · 763 weekly returns

BOND MINT

Return

Total return edge BOND +47.4% +38.0%

Annualized edge BOND +2.7% +2.2%

Price return edge MINT −12.6% −0.3%

Risk

Volatility edge MINT 4.9% 1.2%

Max drawdown edge MINT −19.5% −4.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge MINT 0.21 0.38

Sortino edge MINT 0.28 0.44

Calmar edge MINT 0.14 0.48

Reading

BOND returned more: +47.4% to +38.0%. MINT swung less: 1.2% to 4.9%. MINT fell less at its worst: −4.6% to −19.5%.

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Risk and return: BOND vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	MINT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+47.4%	+38.0%	BOND	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.7%	+2.2%	BOND	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−12.6%	−0.3%	MINT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	4.9%	1.2%	MINT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	3.6%	1.0%	MINT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−19.5%	−4.6%	MINT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.21	0.38	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.28	0.44	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.14	0.48	MINT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 763 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BOND and MINT hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BOND MINT

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Oct 29, 2026 0.09% 0.77%

BNP Paribas SA, due Jan 20, 2028 0.09% 0.09%

Navient Refinance Loan Trust, due Oct 15, 2055 0.09% 0.16%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS, due Jun 25, 2055 0.11% 0.08%

Corebridge Global Funding, due Dec 15, 2028 0.08% 0.28%

Deutsche Bank AG, due Jan 7, 2028 0.08% 0.27%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS, due Aug 25, 2055 0.11% 0.06%

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, due Feb 21, 2061 0.07% 0.06%

Upgrade Auto Receivables Trust, due May 15, 2029 0.14% 0.06%

Deutsche Bank AG, due Nov 16, 2027 0.05% 0.33%

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, due May 28, 2027 0.05% 0.06%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS, due Aug 25, 2055 0.07% 0.04%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BOND

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 5.56%

PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 3.46%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2043 3.39%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 2.73%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Nov 15, 2045 2.57%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Sep 1, 2056 2.54%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 2.27%

Only in MINT

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

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%

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

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO PIMCO

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +4.2%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) not measured

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs AGG not measured

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.36%

Holdings 1565 977

Net assets, as of Jun 30, 2026 $8.3bn $16.4bn

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

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

Holdings in common. 1% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jun 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 BOND returned −1.4% and MINT +4.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 5.6 points.
Cost. BOND charges 0.54% of assets a year and MINT 0.36%, a gap of 0.18 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

BOND

BOND is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. It sat 3.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 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, BOND or MINT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and MINT +4.2%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or MINT?: MINT is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

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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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