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BIV vs MINT

Both US Aggregate Bond.

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.1 %

1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BIV and MINT would leave roughly 0.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BIV unmatched 98.8% Shared 0.1% MINT unmatched 101.7%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In BIV only
2,354 positions
Shared
1 positions
In MINT only
1,013 positions

Side by side

BIV

Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$50.44B
whole fund, 5 share classes
TTM yield
4.46%
Top-10 conc.
20.9%
MINT

PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund

PIMCO · US Aggregate Bond

75 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.36%
Net assets
$18.29B
TTM yield
4.09%
Top-10 conc.
13.4%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
64
52
Tax efficiency
52
100
Liquidity
100
84
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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BIV sub-score MINT

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

BIV is 33 bps cheaper than MINT. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/yr more in fees for MINT.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with BIV vs MINT.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
# Holding In BIV In MINT Overlap
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.06% 6.21% 0.06%

Only in BIV

2,354 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.14%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.10%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.10%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.08%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.08%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.04%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.02%

Only in MINT

1,013 total
  • 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%
  • HCA Inc 0.63%
  • Nissan Auto Lease Trust 0.63%
  • SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO 0.63%

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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.