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BLV vs MINT

Both US Aggregate Bond.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of BLV and MINT would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

BLV unmatched 98.8% Shared 0.0% MINT unmatched 101.8%

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 BLV only
2,983 positions
Shared
0 positions
In MINT only
1,014 positions

Side by side

BLV

Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

87 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$7.79B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
5.08%
Top-10 conc.
11.0%
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
50
Tax efficiency
52
95
Liquidity
100
99
Concentration
95
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Tracking quality
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BLV sub-score MINT

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

Cost difference

BLV 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 BLV vs MINT.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in BLV

2,983 total
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.17%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.15%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.14%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.10%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.08%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.08%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.06%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.97%

Only in MINT

1,014 total
  • United States Treasury 6.21%
  • 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%

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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.