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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and VCIT −1.8%.

Which is cheaper, MINT or VCIT?

VCIT is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 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 VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MINT returned +4.2% to VCIT's −1.8%, and VCIT charges 0.03% 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 $66.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

−1.8%

VCIT total return, 1 year

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

0.03%

VCIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCIT costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.0 points.

MINT vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MINT	VCIT
Return
Measure	MINT	VCIT
Total return, 1 year	+4.2%	−1.8%
Drawdown
Measure	MINT	VCIT
Below its high		3.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	MINT	VCIT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	MINT	VCIT
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.03%
Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026	$16.4bn	$66.6bn
Holdings
Measure	MINT	VCIT
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, MINT and VCIT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first MINT VCIT

ORIX Corp., due Jul 18, 2027 0.10% 0.00%

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 VCIT

AMAZON.COM INC, due Mar 13, 2036 0.30%

BOEING CO/THE, due May 1, 2034 0.28%

META PLATFORMS, due Nov 15, 2035 0.27%

BANK OF AMER CRP, due Jul 22, 2033 0.27%

PFIZER INVSTMNT, due May 19, 2033 0.27%

ORACLE CORP, due Feb 4, 2036 0.27%

ANHEUSER-BUSCH, due Feb 1, 2036 0.27%

JPMORGAN CHASE, due Jul 25, 2033 0.25%

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Side by side

MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +4.2% −1.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.8% (SCHI)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs SCHI

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.03%

Holdings 977 2340

Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $16.4bn $66.6bn

MINT and VCIT 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.

VCIT

VCIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MINT or VCIT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and VCIT −1.8%.
Which is cheaper, MINT or VCIT?: VCIT is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

Sources and dates

MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

VCIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCIT ↗

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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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