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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, MINT or SLV?

MINT is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 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 SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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MINT is an actively managed short-term fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% 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 $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

MINT costs 0.14 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.7 points.

MINT vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MINT	SLV
Return
Measure	MINT	SLV
Total return, 1 year	+4.2%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	MINT	SLV
Below its high		53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	MINT	SLV
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	MINT	SLV
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.50%
Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026	$16.4bn	$26.9bn
Holdings
Measure	MINT	SLV
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer PIMCO iShares

What it is Actively managed Holds silver

Total return, 1 year +4.2% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.50%

Holdings 977 not counted

Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $16.4bn $26.9bn

MINT and SLV 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.

SLV

Its expense ratio is 0.50% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SLV holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% 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 SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, MINT or SLV?: MINT is cheaper, by 0.14 percentage points a year. That is about $14 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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MINT on its own →SLV on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →MINT dividend history →MINT holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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