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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLOT returned +4.3% and MINT +4.2%.

Which is cheaper, FLOT or MINT?

FLOT 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

FLOT vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FLOT returned +4.3% to MINT's +4.2%, and FLOT charges 0.15% to MINT's 0.36%.

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Net assets: $11.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Floating Rate 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

+4.3%

FLOT total return, 1 year

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

0.15%

FLOT expense ratio

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

FLOT costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points.

FLOT vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FLOT	MINT
Return
Measure	FLOT	MINT
Total return, 1 year	+4.3%	+4.2%
Benchmark
Measure	FLOT	MINT
What it tracks	Bloomberg US Floating Rate Note ? 5 Years Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	FLOT	MINT
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.36%
Net assets, FLOT as of Oct 28, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026	$11.6bn	$16.4bn
Holdings
Measure	FLOT	MINT
Holdings in common	report dates differ

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

Risk and return

Jun 24, 2011 to Oct 23, 2026 · 800 weekly returns

FLOT MINT

Return

Total return edge FLOT (slight) +42.3% +38.8%

Annualized edge FLOT (slight) +2.3% +2.2%

Price return edge FLOT +1.7% −0.6%

Risk

Volatility edge MINT 2.9% 1.2%

Max drawdown edge MINT −11.3% −4.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge MINT 0.23 0.40

Sortino edge MINT 0.30 0.46

Calmar edge MINT 0.21 0.47

Reading

FLOT returned slightly more: +42.3% to +38.8%. MINT swung less: 1.2% to 2.9%. MINT fell less at its worst: −4.6% to −11.3%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: FLOT vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FLOT	MINT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+42.3%	+38.8%	FLOT (slight)	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.3%	+2.2%	FLOT (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+1.7%	−0.6%	FLOT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	2.9%	1.2%	MINT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	2.3%	1.0%	MINT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−11.3%	−4.6%	MINT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.23	0.40	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.30	0.46	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.21	0.47	MINT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 800 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

FLOT iShares Floating Rate 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 Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +4.3% +4.2%

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.36%

Holdings 559 977

Net assets, FLOT as of Oct 28, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 $11.6bn $16.4bn

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

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FLOT and MINT are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. FLOT follows Bloomberg US Floating Rate Note ? 5 Years Index and MINT follows No index, actively managed.
Cost. FLOT charges 0.15% of assets a year and MINT 0.36%, a gap of 0.21 points.
One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 FLOT returned +4.3% and MINT +4.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.1 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

FLOT

FLOT tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% 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, FLOT or MINT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLOT returned +4.3% and MINT +4.2%.
Which is cheaper, FLOT or MINT?: FLOT 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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Sources and dates

FLOT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FLOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for FLOT ↗

MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

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