ETF comparison
IUSB vs MINT
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Holdings overlap
55 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IUSB and MINT would leave roughly 0.3% 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
IUSB is 30 bps cheaper than MINT. On a $100,000 position that's about $300/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 IUSB vs MINT.
Top shared holdings
55 shared in total| # | Holding | In IUSB | In MINT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 0.19% | 6.21% | 0.19% |
| 2 | Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | 0.01% | 0.47% | 0.01% |
| 3 | BNP Paribas SA | 0.01% | 0.05% | 0.01% |
| 4 | UBS Group AG | 0.01% | 0.03% | 0.01% |
| 5 | NTT Finance Corp. | 0.01% | 0.15% | 0.01% |
| 6 | National Bank of Canada | 0.01% | 0.12% | 0.01% |
| 7 | HSBC Holdings plc | 0.01% | 0.03% | 0.01% |
| 8 | US Bancorp | 0.00% | 0.05% | 0.00% |
| 9 | UBS Group AG | 0.00% | 0.13% | 0.00% |
| 10 | Banco Santander SA | 0.00% | 0.27% | 0.00% |
| 11 | FirstEnergy Corp. | 0.00% | 0.17% | 0.00% |
| 12 | Barclays plc | 0.00% | 0.06% | 0.00% |
Only in IUSB
17,989 total- Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. 0.41%
- United States of America 0.37%
- United States of America 0.37%
- United States of America 0.36%
- United States of America 0.35%
- United States of America 0.34%
- United States of America 0.34%
- United States of America 0.34%
- United States of America 0.33%
- United States of America 0.33%
Only in MINT
959 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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/methodology/.
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