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ETF comparison

VTEB vs VTIP

US Municipal Bond vs TIPS.

Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

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

VTEB unmatched 98.9% Shared 0.0% VTIP unmatched 99.0%

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 VTEB only
10,591 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VTIP only
25 positions

Side by side

VTEB

Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · US Municipal Bond

97 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$51.71B
whole fund, 2 share classes
TTM yield
3.49%
Top-10 conc.
0.9%
VTIP

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Vanguard · TIPS

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$73.01B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
4.81%
Top-10 conc.
49.8%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
97
93
Tax efficiency
48
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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VTEB sub-score VTIP

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 VTEB vs VTIP.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in VTEB

10,591 total
  • City of New York NY 0.12%
  • University of California 0.11%
  • State of Idaho 0.10%
  • State of California 0.10%
  • State of Maryland 0.09%
  • New York State Thruway Authority 0.09%
  • Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority 0.09%
  • Dallas Independent School District 0.08%
  • Ohio Water Development Authority Water Pollution Control Loan Fund 0.08%
  • Energy Northwest 0.08%

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%

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.