ETF comparison
SPTL vs TIP
US Treasury (Long) vs TIPS.
State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF · iShares TIPS Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPTL and TIP 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
SPTL is 15 bps cheaper than TIP. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for TIP.
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 SPTL vs TIP.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in SPTL
99 total- United States Treasury 2.21%
- United States Treasury 2.20%
- United States Treasury 2.19%
- United States Treasury 2.17%
- United States Treasury 2.16%
- United States Treasury 2.14%
- United States Treasury 2.11%
- United States Treasury 2.11%
- United States Treasury 2.04%
- United States Treasury 2.04%
Only in TIP
48 total- United States of America 3.99%
- United States of America 3.94%
- United States of America 3.92%
- United States of America 3.71%
- United States of America 3.55%
- United States of America 3.37%
- United States of America 3.32%
- United States of America 3.31%
- United States of America 3.29%
- United States of America 3.29%
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More comparisons with SPTL
- SPTL vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SPTL vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SPTL vs ZROZ · PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund 0.0%
- SPTL vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 96.8%
- SPTL vs TLT · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 51.6%
- SPTL vs TLH · iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF 41.3%
More comparisons with TIP
- TIP vs SPTS · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF 0.0%
- TIP vs SRLN · State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 0.0%
- TIP vs SUB · iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF 0.0%
- TIP vs TBIL · F/m US Treasury 3 Month Bill Fund - ETF Class Shares 0.0%
- TIP vs TFLO · iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF 0.0%
- TIP vs TLH · iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open SPTL or TIP at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
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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.