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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and VTEB −0.4%.

Which is cheaper, MINT or VTEB?

VTEB 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 VTEB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MINT returned +4.2% to VTEB's −0.4%, and VTEB 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 $49.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

−0.4%

VTEB total return, 1 year

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

0.03%

VTEB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTEB costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.6 points.

MINT vs VTEB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MINT	VTEB
Return
Measure	MINT	VTEB
Total return, 1 year	+4.2%	−0.4%
Benchmark
Measure	MINT	VTEB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	MINT	VTEB
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.03%
Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and VTEB as of Sep 30, 2026	$16.4bn	$49.6bn
Holdings
Measure	MINT	VTEB
Holdings in common	0%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first MINT VTEB

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 VTEB

NEW YORK CITY-F-1-REF, due Aug 1, 2034 0.12%

CA REGENTS UNIV-CD, due May 15, 2036 0.11%

IDAHO ST-TANS, due Jun 30, 2027 0.10%

CA REF, due Aug 1, 2032 0.10%

MARYLAND ST-GROUP 2, due Jun 1, 2038 0.09%

NY ST THRUWAY AUTH-A, due Sep 15, 2035 0.09%

TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE-A-1, due Feb 1, 2028 0.09%

DALLAS ISD-B, due Feb 15, 2056 0.08%

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Side by side

MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO Vanguard

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Tax-Exempt Bond

Total return, 1 year +4.2% −0.4%

Expense ratio 0.36% 0.03%

Holdings 977 11155

Net assets, MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 and VTEB as of Sep 30, 2026 $16.4bn $49.6bn

MINT and VTEB 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.

VTEB

VTEB tracks an index of Tax-Exempt Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −0.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MINT or VTEB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.2% and VTEB −0.4%.
Which is cheaper, MINT or VTEB?: VTEB 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 →VTEB on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →MINT dividend history →MINT holdings →VTEB dividend history →VTEB holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

VTEB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTEB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTEB ↗

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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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