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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and VCSH +1.3%.

Which is cheaper, MINT or VCSH?

VCSH 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 VCSH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MINT returned +4.2% to VCSH's +1.3%, and VCSH 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 $43.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

+1.3%

VCSH total return, 1 year

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

0.03%

VCSH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCSH costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.9 points.

MINT vs VCSH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MINT	VCSH
Return
Measure	MINT	VCSH
Total return, 1 year	+4.2%	+1.3%
Benchmark
Measure	MINT	VCSH
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	MINT	VCSH
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.03%
Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and VCSH as of Sep 30, 2026	$16.4bn	$43.9bn
Holdings
Measure	MINT	VCSH
Holdings in common	1%

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 VCSH hold 1% 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 VCSH

BAT Capital Corp., due Aug 15, 2027 0.31% 0.09%

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., due Jun 5, 2028 0.16% 0.09%

HSBC Holdings PLC, due Jun 9, 2028 0.77% 0.08%

Southwest Airlines Co., due Jun 15, 2027 0.63% 0.08%

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., due Sep 1, 2027 0.11% 0.07%

Banco Santander SA, due Aug 8, 2028 0.27% 0.07%

Toronto-Dominion Bank, due Jan 31, 2028 0.07% 0.07%

Energy Transfer LP, due Jun 1, 2027 0.46% 0.06%

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., due Jun 1, 2027 0.07% 0.06%

FirstEnergy Corp., due Jul 15, 2027 0.17% 0.06%

Williams Cos., Inc., due Jun 15, 2027 0.18% 0.05%

Willis North America, Inc., due Jun 15, 2027 0.05% 0.06%

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%

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%

HCA, Inc., due Aug 18, 2026 0.63%

Only in VCSH

US TREASURY N/B, due May 31, 2028 0.83%

BANK OF AMER CRP, due Dec 20, 2028 0.23%

ABBVIE INC, due Nov 21, 2029 0.21%

CVS HEALTH CORP, due Mar 25, 2028 0.20%

T-MOBILE USA INC, due Apr 15, 2030 0.19%

BOEING CO, due May 1, 2030 0.19%

WELLS FARGO CO, due Jul 25, 2029 0.18%

JPMORGAN CHASE, due Apr 23, 2032 0.18%

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Side by side

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

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO Vanguard

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

Total return, 1 year +4.2% +1.3%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +1.3% (SCHJ)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs SCHJ

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.03%

Holdings 977 3064

Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and VCSH as of Sep 30, 2026 $16.4bn $43.9bn

MINT and VCSH 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.

VCSH

VCSH tracks an index of Short-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested, against +1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MINT or VCSH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and VCSH +1.3%.
Which is cheaper, MINT or VCSH?: VCSH 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 ↗

VCSH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCSH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCSH ↗

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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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