ETF comparison
TIP vs VTIP
Both TIPS.
iShares TIPS Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
20 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of TIP and VTIP would leave roughly 50.4% 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
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Cost difference
VTIP 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 TIP vs VTIP.
Top shared holdings
20 shared in total| # | Holding | In TIP | In VTIP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 3.37% | 5.39% | 3.37% |
| 2 | United States of America | 3.32% | 5.30% | 3.32% |
| 3 | United States of America | 3.29% | 3.91% | 3.29% |
| 4 | United States of America | 3.25% | 5.33% | 3.25% |
| 5 | United States of America | 3.13% | 5.14% | 3.13% |
| 6 | United States of America | 3.12% | 4.97% | 3.12% |
| 7 | United States of America | 3.03% | 4.83% | 3.03% |
| 8 | United States of America | 2.95% | 4.70% | 2.95% |
| 9 | United States of America | 2.87% | 4.59% | 2.87% |
| 10 | United States of America | 2.77% | 4.42% | 2.77% |
| 11 | United States of America | 2.68% | 4.26% | 2.68% |
| 12 | United States of America | 2.62% | 4.20% | 2.62% |
Only in TIP
28 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 3.31%
- United States of America 3.29%
- United States of America 3.28%
- United States of America 3.10%
- United States of America 2.87%
Only in VTIP
5 total- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.74%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.29%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 3.86%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.96%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with TIP
- TIP vs LTPZ · PIMCO 15+ Year U.S. TIPS Index Exchange-Traded Fund 12.1%
- TIP vs BOND · PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund 3.0%
- TIP vs PYLD · PIMCO ETF Trust - PIMCO Multisector Bond Active Exchange-Traded Fund 1.7%
- TIP vs CORP · PIMCO Investment Grade Corporate Bond Index Exchange-Traded Fund 1.3%
- TIP vs CGCP · Capital Group Core Plus Income ETF 0.2%
- TIP vs FBND · Fidelity Total Bond ETF 0.1%
More comparisons with VTIP
- 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%
- VTIP vs AGGY · WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Aggregate Bond Fund 0.0%
- VTIP vs ANGL · VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield 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.