Category
TIPS
Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. Principal adjusts with CPI, so real (after-inflation) return is essentially locked in for the duration of the bond. Tax-inefficient in taxable accounts because the inflation accretion is taxed annually before it's realized.
6 funds in the catalog. Scored using methodology v0.5.2. · Read the guide
Largest by AUM
VTIP $73.01B†
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
All TIPS funds
| Score | Ticker | Name | AUM |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | STIP | iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF | $16.32B |
| 86 | VTIP | Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares | $73.01B† |
| 86 | SCHP | Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF | $15.96B |
| 80 | TIP | iShares TIPS Bond ETF | $14.23B |
| 72 | TIPX | State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETF | $2.01B |
| 65 | LTPZ | PIMCO 15+ Year U.S. TIPS Index Exchange-Traded Fund | $1.01B |
† Whole fund: this ETF is one share class of a fund that also sells mutual-fund shares, and the figure covers all of them. Our sources don't report the ETF class on its own.
Compare within TIPS
The closest-held pairs in this category, by holdings overlap. Each side-by-side breaks down shared positions, cost difference, and the full score breakdown.
- SCHP vs TIP 97.8% overlap
- STIP vs VTIP 94.0% overlap
- SCHP vs TIPX 84.7% overlap
- TIP vs TIPX 84.0% overlap
- TIPX vs VTIP 59.0% overlap
- STIP vs TIPX 58.9% overlap
- STIP vs TIP 50.4% overlap
- TIP vs VTIP 50.4% overlap
Every other pairing is on the compare hub.