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ETF comparison

TIP vs VCRB

TIPS vs US Aggregate Bond.

iShares TIPS Bond ETF · Vanguard Core Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of TIP and VCRB would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

TIP unmatched 99.4% Shared 0.0% VCRB unmatched 103.8%

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.

In TIP only
48 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VCRB only
3,414 positions

Side by side

TIP

iShares TIPS Bond ETF

iShares · TIPS

80 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.18%
Net assets
$14.23B
TTM yield
4.43%
Top-10 conc.
35.7%
VCRB

Vanguard Core Bond ETF

Vanguard · US Aggregate Bond

85 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.10%
Net assets
$7.56B
TTM yield
4.80%
Top-10 conc.
8.7%

Sub-score comparison

82
Cost
90
49
Tax efficiency
51
100
Liquidity
95
N/A
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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TIP sub-score VCRB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

VCRB is 8 bps cheaper than TIP. On a $100,000 position that's about $80/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 TIP vs VCRB.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

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%

Only in VCRB

3,414 total
  • Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 2.33%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.02%
  • NVIDIA Corp 0.97%
  • NVIDIA Corp 0.75%
  • Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac 0.68%
  • United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.65%
  • Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau 0.60%
  • Fannie Mae REMICS 0.59%
  • OBX 2026-INV2 Trust 0.57%
  • Ginnie Mae II Pool 0.56%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open TIP or VCRB 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.