ETF comparison
STIP vs VTIP
Both TIPS.
iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
24 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of STIP and VTIP would leave roughly 94.0% 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 STIP vs VTIP.
Top shared holdings
24 shared in total| # | Holding | In STIP | In VTIP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 5.36% | 5.39% | 5.36% |
| 2 | United States of America | 5.28% | 5.30% | 5.28% |
| 3 | United States of America | 5.17% | 5.33% | 5.17% |
| 4 | United States of America | 4.99% | 5.14% | 4.99% |
| 5 | United States of America | 4.97% | 4.97% | 4.97% |
| 6 | United States of America | 4.83% | 4.83% | 4.83% |
| 7 | United States of America | 4.75% | 4.74% | 4.74% |
| 8 | United States of America | 4.70% | 4.83% | 4.70% |
| 9 | United States of America | 4.70% | 4.70% | 4.70% |
| 10 | United States of America | 4.57% | 4.59% | 4.57% |
| 11 | United States of America | 4.41% | 4.42% | 4.41% |
| 12 | United States of America | 4.26% | 4.26% | 4.26% |
Only in STIP
0 totalEvery STIP position is also held by VTIP.
Only in VTIP
1 total- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.29%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with STIP
- STIP vs TIPX · State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETF 58.9%
- STIP vs TIP · iShares TIPS Bond ETF 50.4%
- STIP vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 49.2%
- STIP vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- STIP vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- STIP vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
More comparisons with VTIP
- VTIP vs TIPX · State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETF 59.0%
- VTIP vs TIP · iShares TIPS Bond ETF 50.4%
- VTIP vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 49.2%
- VTIP vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 0.7%
- VTIP vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 0.2%
- VTIP vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open STIP or VTIP at a brokerage
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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.