ETF comparison
GVI vs MINT
Both US Aggregate Bond.
iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF · PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund
Holdings overlap
16 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of GVI and MINT would leave roughly 0.5% 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
GVI is 16 bps cheaper than MINT. On a $100,000 position that's about $160/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 GVI vs MINT.
Top shared holdings
16 shared in total| # | Holding | In GVI | In MINT | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.37% | 6.21% | 0.37% |
| 2 | BAT CAPITAL CORP | 0.01% | 0.31% | 0.01% |
| 3 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 0.01% | 0.27% | 0.01% |
| 4 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 0.01% | 0.04% | 0.01% |
| 5 | FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO LLC | 0.01% | 0.04% | 0.01% |
| 6 | BANK OF MONTREAL | 0.01% | 0.06% | 0.01% |
| 7 | BANCO SANTANDER SA | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.01% |
| 8 | LLOYDS BANKING GROUP PLC | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.01% |
| 9 | TORONTO-DOMINION BANK | 0.01% | 0.07% | 0.01% |
| 10 | BARCLAYS PLC | 0.01% | 0.06% | 0.01% |
| 11 | PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC | 0.01% | 0.33% | 0.01% |
| 12 | NEXTERA ENERGY CAPITAL | 0.01% | 0.11% | 0.01% |
Only in GVI
6,216 total- United States Treasury 0.74%
- United States Treasury 0.74%
- United States Treasury 0.73%
- United States Treasury 0.73%
- United States Treasury 0.72%
- United States Treasury 0.72%
- United States Treasury 0.71%
- United States Treasury 0.69%
- United States Treasury 0.69%
- United States Treasury 0.68%
Only in MINT
998 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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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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