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ETF comparison

ICVT vs VTIP

US Corporate Bond vs TIPS.

iShares Convertible 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 ICVT and VTIP would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

ICVT unmatched 98.8% 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 ICVT only
375 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VTIP only
25 positions

Side by side

ICVT

iShares Convertible Bond ETF

iShares · US Corporate Bond

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.20%
Net assets
$8.10B
TTM yield
1.53%
Top-10 conc.
12.8%
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

80
Cost
97
57
Tax efficiency
48
96
Liquidity
100
96
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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ICVT sub-score VTIP

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

Cost difference

VTIP is 17 bps cheaper than ICVT. On a $100,000 position that's about $170/yr more in fees for ICVT.

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 ICVT vs VTIP.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in ICVT

375 total
  • WESTERN DIGITAL CORP 2.96%
  • ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING 2.02%
  • LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC 1.45%
  • COREWEAVE INC 1.05%
  • BLOOM ENERGY CORP 1.03%
  • NEBIUS GROUP NV 1.01%
  • MKS INC 0.84%
  • CLOUDFLARE INC 0.81%
  • DOORDASH INC 0.81%
  • CIENA CORP 0.80%

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.

Open ICVT or VTIP at a brokerage

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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.