ETF comparison
SPTL vs VTIP
US Treasury (Long) vs TIPS.
State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SPTL 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 SPTL vs VTIP.
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 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%
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More comparisons with SPTL
- 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%
- SPTL vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 16.7%
- SPTL vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 10.2%
More comparisons with VTIP
- VTIP vs SPTS · State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs SRLN · State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs SUB · iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs TBIL · F/m US Treasury 3 Month Bill Fund - ETF Class Shares 0.0%
- VTIP vs TFLO · iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF 0.0%
- VTIP vs TLH · iShares 10-20 Year Treasury 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.