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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +2.9% and MINT returned +4.4%, so MINT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, HYG or MINT?

HYG charges 0.49% a year and MINT charges 0.36%, so MINT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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HYG vs MINT: how they differ

HYG and MINT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and MINT returned more over the year.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYG and MINT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in HYG	Only in MINT
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.68%	United States Treasury 6.51%
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.56%	Fannie Mae 1.18%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.47%	Freddie Mac 1.04%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.35%	SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP 0.91%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.29%	HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%
GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.28%	AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.81%
PANTHER ESCROW ISSUER LLC 144A 0.28%	Trillium Credit Card Trust II 0.75%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.28%	INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.73%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

HYG and MINT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	PIMCO
What it is	US high yield bonds	Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Trad
Total return, 1 year	+2.9%	+4.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.6 pts	−13.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.36%
Holdings	1326	977

HYG in plain words

HYG is a bond fund tracking the US high yield bonds. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year.

MINT in plain words

MINT is an index equity fund tracking the Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Trad. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 10% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 977 positions, with the top ten at 14.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYG or MINT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +2.9% and MINT returned +4.4%, so MINT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYG or MINT?: HYG charges 0.49% a year and MINT charges 0.36%, so MINT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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