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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and SPY +13.6%.

Which is cheaper, MINT or SPY?

SPY is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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MINT vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MINT returned +4.2% to SPY's +13.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $16.4bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund, and $814.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

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At a glance

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

+13.6%

SPY total return, 1 year

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

0.09%

SPY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPY costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.4 points.

MINT vs SPY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MINT	SPY
Return
Measure	MINT	SPY
Total return, 1 year	+4.2%	+13.6%
Benchmark
Measure	MINT	SPY
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	MINT	SPY
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.09%
Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 27, 2026	$16.4bn	$814.8bn
Holdings
Measure	MINT	SPY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		38.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, MINT and SPY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first MINT SPY

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Only in MINT

United States Treasury 6.21%

Fannie Mae 1.12%

Freddie Mac 0.99%

SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP 0.87%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.77%

AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.77%

Trillium Credit Card Trust II 0.71%

INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.70%

Only in SPY

NVIDIA CORP 7.92%

APPLE INC 7.61%

MICROSOFT CORP 5.93%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%

ALPHABET INC CL A 2.83%

BROADCOM INC 2.45%

ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26%

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.06%

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Side by side

MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer PIMCO State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +4.2% +13.6%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.09%

Holdings 977 504

Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and SPY as of Oct 27, 2026 $16.4bn $814.8bn

MINT and SPY 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.

SPY

SPY tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.6% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 504 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MINT or SPY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and SPY +13.6%.
Which is cheaper, MINT or SPY?: SPY is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

SPY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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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