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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and SIVR +15.0%.

Which is cheaper, MINT or SIVR?

SIVR is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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MINT vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees

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MINT is an actively managed short-term fund and SIVR a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SIVR returned +15.0% against +4.2%.

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Net assets: $16.4bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund, and $3.7bn on Oct 28, 2026 for abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF.

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At a glance

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

+15.0%

SIVR total return, 1 year

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

0.30%

SIVR expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SIVR costs 0.06 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.8 points.

MINT vs SIVR: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MINT	SIVR
Return
Measure	MINT	SIVR
Total return, 1 year	+4.2%	+15.0%
Drawdown
Measure	MINT	SIVR
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	MINT	SIVR
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	MINT	SIVR
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.30%
Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026	$16.4bn	$3.7bn
Holdings
Measure	MINT	SIVR
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund SIVR abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer PIMCO abrdn

What it is Actively managed Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +4.2% +15.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +14.9% (SLV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.1 pts vs SLV

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.30%

Holdings 977 not counted

Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and SIVR as of Oct 28, 2026 $16.4bn $3.7bn

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

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About each fund

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.

SIVR

Its expense ratio is 0.30% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SIVR holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.0% with distributions reinvested, against +14.9% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MINT or SIVR?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and SIVR +15.0%.
Which is cheaper, MINT or SIVR?: SIVR is cheaper, by 0.06 percentage points a year. That is about $6 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

abrdn website ↗

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