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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLTR returned +4.6% and MINT +4.2%.

Which is cheaper, FLTR or MINT?

FLTR is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

FLTR vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, FLTR returned +4.6% to MINT's +4.2%, and FLTR charges 0.14% to MINT's 0.36%.

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Net assets: $3.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for VanEck IG 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

+4.6%

FLTR total return, 1 year

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

0.14%

FLTR expense ratio

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

FLTR costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points.

FLTR vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FLTR	MINT
Return
Measure	FLTR	MINT
Total return, 1 year	+4.6%	+4.2%
Benchmark
Measure	FLTR	MINT
What it tracks	MVIS US Investment Grade Floating Rate Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	FLTR	MINT
Expense ratio	0.14%	0.36%
Net assets, FLTR as of Oct 27, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$16.4bn
Holdings
Measure	FLTR	MINT
Holdings in common	report dates differ

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

Risk and return

May 6, 2011 to Oct 23, 2026 · 807 weekly returns

FLTR MINT

Return

Total return edge FLTR +48.2% +38.9%

Annualized edge FLTR +2.6% +2.1%

Price return edge FLTR +2.6% −0.6%

Risk

Volatility edge MINT 4.0% 1.2%

Max drawdown edge MINT −14.8% −4.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge MINT 0.24 0.40

Sortino edge MINT 0.30 0.46

Calmar edge MINT 0.17 0.46

Reading

FLTR returned more: +48.2% to +38.9%. MINT swung less: 1.2% to 4.0%. MINT fell less at its worst: −4.6% to −14.8%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: FLTR vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	FLTR	MINT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+48.2%	+38.9%	FLTR	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.6%	+2.1%	FLTR	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+2.6%	−0.6%	FLTR	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	4.0%	1.2%	MINT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	3.2%	1.0%	MINT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−14.8%	−4.6%	MINT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.24	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	0.17	0.46	MINT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 807 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

Side by side

FLTR VanEck IG Floating Rate ETF MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer VanEck PIMCO

What it is Tracks an index Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +4.6% +4.2%

Expense ratio 0.14% 0.36%

Holdings 453 977

Net assets, FLTR as of Oct 27, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 $3.7bn $16.4bn

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

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

What each follows. FLTR follows MVIS US Investment Grade Floating Rate Index and MINT follows No index, actively managed.
Cost. FLTR charges 0.14% of assets a year and MINT 0.36%, a gap of 0.22 points.
One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 FLTR returned +4.6% and MINT +4.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.4 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

FLTR

FLTR tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.14% 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, FLTR or MINT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLTR returned +4.6% and MINT +4.2%.
Which is cheaper, FLTR or MINT?: FLTR is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

FLTR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

FLTR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

VanEck website ↗

MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

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