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

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

Which is cheaper, FLRN or MINT?

FLRN 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.

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FLRN vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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

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Net assets: $3.2bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Bloomberg Investment Grade Floating Rate 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%

FLRN total return, 1 year

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

0.15%

FLRN expense ratio

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

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

FLRN vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FLRN	MINT
Return
Measure	FLRN	MINT
Total return, 1 year	+4.3%	+4.2%
Benchmark
Measure	FLRN	MINT
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Floating Rate Note ? 5 Years Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	FLRN	MINT
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.36%
Net assets, FLRN as of Oct 27, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026	$3.2bn	$16.4bn
Holdings
Measure	FLRN	MINT
Holdings in common	12%

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

Risk and return

Dec 9, 2011 to Oct 23, 2026 · 776 weekly returns

FLRN MINT

Return

Total return edge FLRN +44.5% +39.6%

Annualized edge FLRN (slight) +2.5% +2.3%

Price return edge FLRN +2.5% +0.5%

Risk

Volatility edge MINT 3.2% 1.2%

Max drawdown edge MINT −11.6% −4.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge MINT 0.25 0.44

Sortino edge MINT 0.34 0.51

Calmar edge MINT 0.22 0.49

Reading

FLRN returned more: +44.5% to +39.6%. MINT swung less: 1.2% to 3.2%. MINT fell less at its worst: −4.6% to −11.6%.

Full scorecard

9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: FLRN vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FLRN	MINT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+44.5%	+39.6%	FLRN	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.5%	+2.3%	FLRN (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+2.5%	+0.5%	FLRN	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	3.2%	1.2%	MINT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	2.4%	1.0%	MINT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−11.6%	−4.6%	MINT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.25	0.44	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.34	0.51	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.22	0.49	MINT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 776 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

12%

By the books each fund has filed, FLRN and MINT hold 12% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

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12% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first FLRN MINT

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

Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA, due Jul 6, 2028 0.36% 0.42%

United Overseas Bank Ltd, due Apr 2, 2028 0.35% 0.39%

Royal Bank of Canada, due Oct 18, 2027 0.29% 0.35%

Royal Bank of Canada, due Jul 23, 2027 0.28% 0.40%

Morgan Stanley Bank NA, due Oct 15, 2027 0.32% 0.27%

Temasek Financial I Ltd, due Aug 20, 2027 0.25% 0.42%

Hyundai Capital America, due Mar 25, 2027 0.23% 0.29%

Bank of Montreal, due Sep 10, 2027 0.23% 0.37%

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp, due Aug 9, 2027 0.28% 0.22%

Eli Lilly & Co, due May 20, 2028 0.21% 0.34%

DBS Group Holdings Ltd, due Mar 21, 2028 0.28% 0.21%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in FLRN

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, due Feb 20, 2028 1.20%

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, due Aug 19, 2027 0.90%

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, due Feb 16, 2029 0.83%

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, due Jan 12, 2027 0.83%

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, due Jul 22, 2030 0.78%

International Finance Corp, due Aug 28, 2028 0.70%

Kommunalbanken AS, due Apr 9, 2029 0.69%

Inter-American Development Bank, due Mar 13, 2030 0.67%

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%

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%

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

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Side by side

FLRN State Street SPDR Bloomberg Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer State Street PIMCO

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +4.3% +4.2%

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.36%

Holdings 549 977

Net assets, FLRN as of Oct 27, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 $3.2bn $16.4bn

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

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

What each follows. FLRN follows Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Floating Rate Note ? 5 Years Index and MINT follows No index, actively managed.
Holdings in common. 12% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jun 30, 2026).
Cost. FLRN charges 0.15% of assets a year and MINT 0.36%, a gap of 0.21 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

FLRN

FLRN 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, FLRN or MINT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLRN returned +4.3% and MINT +4.2%.
Which is cheaper, FLRN or MINT?: FLRN 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

FLRN filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FLRN prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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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