ETF comparison
VCRB vs VTIP
US Aggregate Bond vs TIPS.
Vanguard Core Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of VCRB 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
VTIP is 7 bps cheaper than VCRB. On a $100,000 position that's about $70/yr more in fees for VCRB.
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 VCRB vs VTIP.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
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%
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 VCRB
- VCRB vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 16.9%
- VCRB vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 16.8%
- VCRB vs SPAB · State Street SPDR Portfolio Aggregate Bond ETF 15.8%
- VCRB vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 15.0%
- VCRB vs IUSB · iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF 14.6%
- VCRB vs EAGG · iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 13.1%
More comparisons with VTIP
- VTIP vs VCSH · Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VTIP vs VGIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VTIP vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VTIP vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VTIP vs VMBS · Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- VTIP vs VTC · Vanguard Total Corporate Bond ETF ETF Shares 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open VCRB 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.