ETF comparison
SPAB vs VTIP
US Aggregate Bond vs TIPS.
State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPAB 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
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.030% vs 0.030%).
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 SPAB vs VTIP.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in SPAB
8,285 total- United States Treasury 0.79%
- United States Treasury 0.44%
- United States Treasury 0.43%
- United States Treasury 0.42%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
- United States Treasury 0.37%
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 SPAB
- SPAB vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 60.8%
- SPAB vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 58.8%
- SPAB vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 56.7%
- SPAB vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 51.5%
- SPAB vs GVI · iShares Intermediate Government/Credit Bond ETF 49.4%
- SPAB vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 46.0%
More comparisons with VTIP
- VTIP vs SPHY · State Street SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs SPIB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs SPLB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs SPMB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs SPSB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs SPTI · State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury 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.