ETF comparison
ITM vs VTIP
US Municipal Bond vs TIPS.
VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ITM and VTIP would leave roughly 0.0% 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
VTIP is 15 bps cheaper than ITM. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for ITM.
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 ITM vs VTIP.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in ITM
1,369 total- New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority 0.53%
- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.50%
- State of California 0.45%
- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.44%
- Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority 0.39%
- California Community Choice Financing Authority 0.37%
- State of California 0.30%
- Kentucky Public Energy Authority 0.29%
- New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority 0.28%
- California Housing Finance Agency 0.28%
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%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with ITM
- ITM vs CGMU · Capital Group Municipal Income ETF 5.3%
- ITM vs HYD · VanEck High Yield Muni ETF 4.8%
- ITM vs JMUB · JPMorgan Municipal ETF 4.5%
- ITM vs MUNI · PIMCO Intermediate Municipal Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.5%
- ITM vs VTEB · Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 4.3%
- ITM vs SCMB · Schwab Municipal Bond ETF 3.8%
More comparisons with VTIP
- VTIP vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs JAAA · Janus Henderson AAA CLO ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs JCPB · JPMorgan Core Plus Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs JMST · JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs JMUB · JPMorgan Municipal ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs JNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF 0.0%
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.