ETF comparison
MINT vs SPAB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
20 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of MINT and SPAB 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
SPAB 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 MINT vs SPAB.
Top shared holdings
20 shared in total| # | Holding | In MINT | In SPAB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 6.21% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 2 | US BANCORP | 0.05% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 3 | BAT CAPITAL CORP | 0.31% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 4 | HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | 0.03% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 5 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 0.27% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 6 | TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 0.07% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 7 | BANK OF MONTREAL | 0.06% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 8 | BARCLAYS PLC | 0.06% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| 9 | NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 10 | FIRSTENERGY CORP | 0.17% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 11 | NEXTERA ENERGY CAPITAL | 0.11% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 12 | AMPHENOL CORP | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Only in MINT
994 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%
Only in SPAB
8,265 total- United States Treasury 0.79%
- United States Treasury 0.44%
- United States Treasury 0.43%
- United States Treasury 0.42%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
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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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