ETF comparison
STIP vs TIP
Both TIPS.
Holdings overlap
21 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of STIP and TIP would leave roughly 50.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
STIP 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 STIP vs TIP.
Top shared holdings
21 shared in total| # | Holding | In STIP | In TIP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 5.50% | 3.42% | 3.42% |
| 2 | United States of America | 5.47% | 3.39% | 3.39% |
| 3 | United States of America | 5.30% | 3.29% | 3.29% |
| 4 | United States of America | 5.10% | 3.17% | 3.17% |
| 5 | United States of America | 5.08% | 3.15% | 3.15% |
| 6 | United States of America | 4.90% | 3.04% | 3.04% |
| 7 | United States of America | 4.78% | 2.97% | 2.97% |
| 8 | United States of America | 4.79% | 2.95% | 2.95% |
| 9 | United States of America | 4.68% | 2.90% | 2.90% |
| 10 | United States of America | 4.59% | 2.83% | 2.83% |
| 11 | United States of America | 4.32% | 2.68% | 2.68% |
| 12 | United States of America | 4.24% | 2.62% | 2.62% |
Only in STIP
5 total- United States of America 4.75%
- United States of America 4.22%
- United States of America 3.80%
- United States of America 1.94%
- United States of America 0.01%
Only in TIP
28 total- United States of America 4.08%
- United States of America 4.02%
- United States of America 3.78%
- United States of America 3.61%
- United States of America 3.37%
- United States of America 3.35%
- United States of America 3.34%
- United States of America 3.18%
- United States of America 2.93%
- United States of America 2.72%
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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/.
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