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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.0% and MINT +4.2%.

Which is cheaper, BSV or MINT?

BSV 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

BSV vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BSV returned +1.0% to MINT's +4.2%, and BSV charges 0.03% to MINT's 0.36%.

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Net assets: $45.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term 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

+1.0%

BSV total return, 1 year

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

0.03%

BSV expense ratio

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

BSV costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points.

BSV vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BSV	MINT
Return
Measure	BSV	MINT
Total return, 1 year	+1.0%	+4.2%
Benchmark
Measure	BSV	MINT
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	BSV	MINT
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.36%
Net assets, BSV as of Sep 30, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026	$45.4bn	$16.4bn
Holdings
Measure	BSV	MINT
Holdings in common	1%

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

Risk and return

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

BSV MINT

Return

Total return edge MINT +37.3% +42.4%

Annualized edge MINT +1.9% +2.1%

Price return edge MINT −4.7% +0.5%

Risk

Volatility edge MINT 2.0% 1.1%

Max drawdown edge MINT −8.1% −4.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge MINT 0.18 0.50

Sortino edge MINT 0.26 0.59

Calmar edge MINT 0.23 0.46

Reading

MINT returned more: +42.4% to +37.3%. MINT swung less: 1.1% to 2.0%. MINT fell less at its worst: −4.6% to −8.1%.

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Risk and return: BSV vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BSV	MINT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+37.3%	+42.4%	MINT	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+1.9%	+2.1%	MINT	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−4.7%	+0.5%	MINT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	2.0%	1.1%	MINT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	1.4%	1.0%	MINT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−8.1%	−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	0.23	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, BSV 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 BSV MINT

US TREASURY N/B, due May 31, 2031 0.78% 6.21%

PACIFIC GAS&ELEC, due Dec 1, 2027 0.03% 0.05%

US BANCORP, due Jul 22, 2028 0.02% 0.05%

BANCO SANTANDER, due Aug 18, 2027 0.02% 0.04%

BANCO SANTANDER, due Aug 8, 2028 0.02% 0.27%

FIRSTENERGY CORP, due Jul 15, 2027 0.01% 0.17%

BAT CAPITAL CORP, due Aug 15, 2027 0.01% 0.31%

FORD MOTOR CRED, due Aug 17, 2027 0.01% 0.04%

NEXTERA ENERGY, due Sep 1, 2027 0.01% 0.11%

PACIFIC GAS&ELEC, due Aug 1, 2027 0.01% 0.33%

AMPHENOL CORP, due Nov 15, 2028 0.01% 0.02%

NEXTERA ENERGY, due Jul 15, 2027 0.02% 0.01%

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Only in BSV

US TREASURY N/B, due Jan 31, 2028 1.12%

US TREASURY N/B, due Dec 31, 2027 0.89%

US TREASURY N/B, due Feb 28, 2030 0.88%

US TREASURY N/B, due Mar 31, 2028 0.81%

US TREASURY N/B, due Jul 15, 2027 0.80%

US TREASURY N/B, due Nov 15, 2030 0.79%

US TREASURY N/B, due Dec 31, 2029 0.77%

US TREASURY N/B, due Feb 15, 2031 0.77%

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

BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Vanguard PIMCO

What it is Tracks an index of Short-Term Bond Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +1.0% +4.2%

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.36%

Holdings 3157 977

Net assets, BSV as of Sep 30, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 $45.4bn $16.4bn

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

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-F3D5602C36

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

What each follows. BSV follows Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Government/Credit Float Adjusted Index and MINT follows No index, actively managed.
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 BSV returned +1.0% and MINT +4.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.2 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

BSV

BSV tracks an index of Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.0% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

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, BSV or MINT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.0% and MINT +4.2%.
Which is cheaper, BSV or MINT?: BSV 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

BSV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BSV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for BSV ↗

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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