ETF comparison
DFCF vs MINT
Both US Aggregate Bond.
Dimensional Core Fixed Income ETF · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Holdings overlap
20 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFCF and MINT would leave roughly 0.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
DFCF is 19 bps cheaper than MINT. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/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 DFCF vs MINT.
Top shared holdings
20 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFCF | In MINT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NATWEST MARKETS PLC | 0.03% | 0.04% | 0.03% |
| 2 | NATWEST MARKETS PLC | 0.03% | 0.07% | 0.03% |
| 3 | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development | 0.02% | 0.70% | 0.02% |
| 4 | CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE | 0.02% | 0.17% | 0.02% |
| 5 | INTESA SANPAOLO SPA | 0.01% | 0.15% | 0.01% |
| 6 | BMW US CAPITAL, LLC | 0.00% | 0.36% | 0.00% |
| 7 | MERCEDES-BENZ FINANCE NORTH AMERICA LLC | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| 8 | BMW US CAPITAL, LLC | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| 9 | MARSH & MCLENNAN COMPANIES, INC. | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.00% |
| 10 | MERCEDES-BENZ FINANCE NORTH AMERICA LLC | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 11 | BPCE SA | 0.00% | 0.05% | 0.00% |
| 12 | Nomura Holdings, Inc. | 0.00% | 0.18% | 0.00% |
Only in DFCF
1,750 total- Federal National Mortgage Association 6.19%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 5.34%
- United States of America 4.70%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 4.10%
- United States of America 3.07%
- Government National Mortgage Association 2 3.00%
- United States of America 2.94%
- United States of America 2.93%
- Federal National Mortgage Association 2.85%
- United States of America 2.25%
Only in MINT
994 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%
- Trillium Credit Card Trust II 0.71%
- HCA Inc 0.63%
- Nissan Auto Lease Trust 0.63%
- SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO 0.63%
- BOEING 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/.
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