ETF comparison

STIPvsTLT

TIPS vs US Treasury (Long).

iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF · iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
1.0%

1 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of STIP and TLT would leave roughly1.0%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

STIP only 98.8%Shared 1.0%TLT only 98.2%
In STIP only
25 positions
Shared
1 positions
In TLT only
46 positions

Side by side

STIP

iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF

iShares · TIPS

80composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$16.08B
TTM yield
4.94%
Top-10 conc.
50.4%
TLT

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares · US Treasury (Long)

78composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.15%
Net assets
$47.05B
TTM yield
4.82%
Top-10 conc.
41.9%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
85
48
Tax efficiency
56
100
Liquidity
100
42
Concentration
54
Tracking quality
STIPsub-scoreTLT

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

STIP is 12 bps cheaper than TLT. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for TLT.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with STIP vs TLT.

Top shared holdings

1 shared in total
#HoldingIn STIPIn TLTOverlap
1BlackRock Funds III3.67%1.05%1.05%

Only in STIP

25 total
  • United States of America5.50%
  • United States of America5.47%
  • United States of America5.30%
  • United States of America5.10%
  • United States of America5.08%
  • United States of America4.90%
  • United States of America4.79%
  • United States of America4.78%
  • United States of America4.75%
  • United States of America4.68%

Only in TLT

46 total
  • United States of America4.58%
  • United States of America4.50%
  • United States of America4.46%
  • United States of America4.40%
  • United States of America4.15%
  • United States of America4.04%
  • United States of America4.03%
  • United States of America3.95%
  • United States of America3.94%
  • United States of America3.86%

Open STIP or TLT 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.