ETF comparison
PYLD vs VTIP
US Aggregate Bond vs TIPS.
PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PYLD and VTIP would leave roughly 0.7% 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
VTIP is 61 bps cheaper than PYLD. On a $100,000 position that's about $610/yr more in fees for PYLD.
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 PYLD vs VTIP.
Top shared holdings
1 shared in total| # | Holding | In PYLD | In VTIP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 0.69% | 5.14% | 0.69% |
Only in PYLD
1,756 total- UMBS, TBA 7.01%
- UMBS, TBA 6.55%
- UMBS, TBA 4.83%
- Fannie Mae 2.97%
- UMBS, TBA 1.78%
- UMBS, TBA 1.42%
- United States Treasury 1.20%
- Freddie Mac 1.06%
- REPUBLIC OF PERU 0.89%
- RD MICHIGAN PROP OWNER I 0.84%
Only in VTIP
24 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 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%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.42%
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- PYLD vs ICSH · iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF 0.3%
- PYLD vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.2%
- PYLD vs MBB · iShares MBS ETF 0.2%
More comparisons with VTIP
- VTIP vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 0.2%
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- VTIP vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 0.0%
- VTIP vs ANGL · VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs BAB · Invesco Taxable Municipal Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs BIL · State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill 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.