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MINT vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MINT returned +4.2% to SPSB's +2.2%, and SPSB charges 0.04% to MINT's 0.36%.

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Net assets: $16.4bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund, and $11.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

MINT on its own →SPSB on its own →
At a glance
+4.2%
MINT total return, 1 year
+2.2%
SPSB total return, 1 year
0.36%
MINT expense ratio
0.04%
SPSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPSB costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points.

MINT vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureMINTSPSB
Return
Total return, 1 year+4.2%+2.2%
Benchmark
What it tracksNo index, actively managedBloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.36%0.04%
Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPSB as of Oct 27, 2026$16.4bn$11.3bn
Holdings
Holdings in common2%

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

What they share

2%

By the books each fund has filed, MINT and SPSB hold 2% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

0 half 100%

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2% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first MINT SPSB
Bank of America Corp., due Jul 22, 2027 0.49% 0.16%
National Bank of Canada, due Jan 20, 2029 0.12% 0.16%
BAT Capital Corp., due Aug 15, 2027 0.31% 0.12%
Banco Santander SA, due Aug 8, 2028 0.27% 0.11%
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., due Sep 1, 2027 0.11% 0.08%
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, due Jun 9, 2028 0.21% 0.07%
Toronto-Dominion Bank, due Jan 31, 2028 0.07% 0.09%
FirstEnergy Corp., due Jul 15, 2027 0.17% 0.06%
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, due Mar 5, 2027 0.19% 0.06%
General Motors Financial Co., Inc., due Jul 15, 2027 0.06% 0.05%
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., due Dec 1, 2027 0.05% 0.13%
Barclays PLC, due Sep 10, 2028 0.06% 0.05%
Only in one fund ↓
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%
International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, due Sep 23, 2026 0.70%
Only in SPSB
Salesforce Inc, due Mar 15, 2029 0.56%
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Oct 29, 2028 0.44%
Bank of America Corp, due Dec 20, 2028 0.42%
Citigroup Inc, due Mar 4, 2029 0.42%
Morgan Stanley, due Apr 10, 2030 0.38%
JPMorgan Chase & Co, due Jul 25, 2028 0.38%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2028 0.37%
Sprint Capital Corp, due Nov 15, 2028 0.37%
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Side by side

MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer PIMCO State Street
What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year +4.2% +2.2%
Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.4% (AGG)
Gap to its benchmark not measured +3.6 pts vs AGG
Expense ratio 0.36% 0.04%
Holdings 977 1684
Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPSB as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.4bn $11.3bn

MINT and SPSB 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.

SPSB

SPSB tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MINT or SPSB?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and SPSB +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, MINT or SPSB?
SPSB is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Where to next
MINT on its own →SPSB on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →MINT dividend history →MINT holdings →SPSB dividend history →SPSB holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
PIMCO website ↗
SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SPSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street 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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