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ETF comparison

HYG vs VTIP

US High Yield Bond vs TIPS.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · 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 HYG and VTIP would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

HYG unmatched 96.6% 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 HYG only
1,316 positions
Shared
0 positions
In VTIP only
25 positions

Side by side

HYG

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US High Yield Bond

70 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$17.71B
TTM yield
5.56%
Top-10 conc.
3.6%
VTIP

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

Vanguard · TIPS

86 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$74.65B
whole fund, 4 share classes
TTM yield
4.83%
Top-10 conc.
49.8%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
97
47
Tax efficiency
48
100
Liquidity
100
100
Concentration
N/A
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Tracking quality
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HYG sub-score VTIP

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

Cost difference

VTIP is 46 bps cheaper than HYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $460/yr more in fees for HYG.

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 HYG vs VTIP.

Top shared holdings

0 shared in total

No shared holdings between these funds.

Only in HYG

1,316 total
  • 1261229 BC LTD 0.50%
  • MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.45%
  • ECHOSTAR CORP 0.43%
  • PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.34%
  • QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.32%
  • CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP LLC 0.32%
  • CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP LLC 0.32%
  • GALAXY HELIOS DATA CNTR 0.30%
  • ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.29%
  • HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.29%

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.