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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and VCLT −5.9%.

Which is cheaper, MINT or VCLT?

VCLT 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 VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MINT returned +4.2% to VCLT's −5.9%, and VCLT 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 $7.5bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

−5.9%

VCLT total return, 1 year

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

0.03%

VCLT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCLT costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points.

MINT vs VCLT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MINT	VCLT
Return
Measure	MINT	VCLT
Total return, 1 year	+4.2%	−5.9%
Drawdown
Measure	MINT	VCLT
Below its high		17.8%, high on Sep 22, 2021
Benchmark
Measure	MINT	VCLT
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. 10+ Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	MINT	VCLT
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.03%
Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026	$16.4bn	$7.5bn
Holdings
Measure	MINT	VCLT
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 VCLT 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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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first MINT VCLT

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 VCLT

ANHEUSER-BUSCH, due Feb 1, 2046 0.37%

CVS HEALTH CORP, due Mar 25, 2048 0.33%

META PLATFORMS, due Nov 15, 2055 0.28%

BOEING CO, due May 1, 2050 0.27%

PFIZER INVSTMNT, due May 19, 2053 0.27%

AMAZON.COM INC, due Mar 13, 2056 0.26%

ORACLE CORP, due Feb 4, 2056 0.24%

AT&T INC, due Sep 15, 2053 0.23%

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Side by side

MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +4.2% −5.9%

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.03%

Holdings 977 2562

Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and VCLT as of Sep 30, 2026 $16.4bn $7.5bn

MINT and VCLT 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.

VCLT

VCLT tracks an index of Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −5.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 17.8% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MINT or VCLT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and VCLT −5.9%.
Which is cheaper, MINT or VCLT?: VCLT 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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Sources and dates

MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

VCLT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCLT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCLT ↗

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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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