ETF comparison
MINT vs VUSB
Both US Aggregate Bond.
PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund · Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
167 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of MINT and VUSB would leave roughly 8.2% 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
VUSB is 26 bps cheaper than MINT. On a $100,000 position that's about $260/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 VUSB.
Top shared holdings
167 shared in total| # | Holding | In MINT | In VUSB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHENIERE CORP CHRISTI HD | 0.59% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 2 | M&T Bank Auto Receivables Trust | 0.32% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 3 | COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL INC | 0.52% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 4 | NTT FINANCE CORP | 0.19% | 0.35% | 0.19% |
| 5 | BAT CAPITAL CORP | 0.31% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 6 | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO | 0.63% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 7 | Golden Credit Card Trust | 0.32% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
| 8 | BOEING CO | 0.63% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 9 | CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK | 0.30% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 10 | FIRSTENERGY CORP | 0.17% | 0.23% | 0.17% |
| 11 | SYNOPSYS INC | 0.22% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| 12 | NTT FINANCE CORP | 0.15% | 0.25% | 0.15% |
Only in MINT
847 total- United States Treasury 6.21%
- Fannie Mae 1.12%
- Freddie Mac 0.99%
- SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP 0.87%
- Trillium Credit Card Trust II 0.71%
- INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.70%
- HCA Inc 0.63%
- Nissan Auto Lease Trust 0.63%
- Freddie Mac 0.61%
- DEUTSCHE BANK NY 0.59%
Only in VUSB
1,114 total- United States Treasury Bill 4.19%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.67%
- PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The 0.58%
- United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.52%
- Regions Bank/Birmingham AL 0.51%
- US Bancorp 0.50%
- Charles Schwab Corp/The 0.49%
- Truist Bank 0.44%
- Westlake Flooring Master Trust 0.44%
- DLLAD 2024-1 LLC 0.43%
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- MINT vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.2%
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- VUSB vs BSV · Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 4.4%
- VUSB vs NEAR · iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF 4.1%
- VUSB vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 4.0%
- VUSB vs VCRB · Vanguard Core Bond ETF 3.9%
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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