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ETF comparison

HYLB vs VTIP

US High Yield Bond vs TIPS.

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYLB and VTIP would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

HYLB unmatched 97.7% Shared 0.0% VTIP unmatched 99.0%

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.

In HYLB only
1,277 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VTIP only
25 positions

Side by side

HYLB

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

DWS · US High Yield Bond

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$3.22B
TTM yield
6.76%
Top-10 conc.
3.7%
VTIP

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · TIPS

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$73.01B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
4.81%
Top-10 conc.
49.8%

Sub-score comparison

95
Cost
97
44
Tax efficiency
48
79
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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HYLB sub-score VTIP

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VTIP is 2 bps cheaper than HYLB. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for HYLB.

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 HYLB vs VTIP.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in HYLB

1,277 total
  • 1261229 B.C. LTD 0.53%
  • ECHOSTAR CORP 0.51%
  • PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 0.40%
  • QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.35%
  • CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP HOLDINGS INC 0.35%
  • CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP INC 0.33%
  • DISH NETWORK CORP 0.32%
  • ASURION LLC / ASURION CO-ISSUER INC 0.30%
  • NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INC 0.29%
  • HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.29%

Only in VTIP

25 total
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.39%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.33%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.14%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.97%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.74%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.70%
  • United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.59%

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/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.