ETF comparison
STIP vs VTIP
Both TIPS.
iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
25 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of STIP and VTIP would leave roughly 96.1% 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
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 STIP vs VTIP.
Top shared holdings
25 shared in total| # | Holding | In STIP | In VTIP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 5.50% | 5.49% | 5.49% |
| 2 | United States of America | 5.47% | 5.46% | 5.46% |
| 3 | United States of America | 5.30% | 5.29% | 5.29% |
| 4 | United States of America | 5.10% | 5.11% | 5.10% |
| 5 | United States of America | 5.08% | 5.09% | 5.08% |
| 6 | United States of America | 4.90% | 4.91% | 4.90% |
| 7 | United States of America | 4.79% | 4.80% | 4.79% |
| 8 | United States of America | 4.78% | 4.79% | 4.78% |
| 9 | United States of America | 4.75% | 4.75% | 4.75% |
| 10 | United States of America | 4.68% | 4.66% | 4.66% |
| 11 | United States of America | 4.59% | 4.54% | 4.54% |
| 12 | United States of America | 4.32% | 4.33% | 4.32% |
Only in STIP
1 total- BlackRock Funds III 3.67%
Only in VTIP
0 totalEvery VTIP position is also held by STIP.
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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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