ETF comparison
TIPX vs VTIP
Both TIPS.
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETF · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Holdings overlap
20 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of TIPX and VTIP would leave roughly 61.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VTIP is 12 bps cheaper than TIPX. On a $100,000 position that's about $120/yr more in fees for TIPX.
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 TIPX vs VTIP.
Top shared holdings
20 shared in total| # | Holding | In TIPX | In VTIP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Treasury | 3.92% | 5.46% | 3.92% |
| 2 | United States Treasury | 3.91% | 5.49% | 3.91% |
| 3 | United States Treasury | 3.58% | 4.17% | 3.58% |
| 4 | United States Treasury | 3.54% | 5.29% | 3.54% |
| 5 | United States Treasury | 3.53% | 4.54% | 3.53% |
| 6 | United States Treasury | 3.44% | 3.76% | 3.44% |
| 7 | United States Treasury | 3.40% | 5.09% | 3.40% |
| 8 | United States Treasury | 3.40% | 5.11% | 3.40% |
| 9 | United States Treasury | 3.38% | 4.66% | 3.38% |
| 10 | United States Treasury | 3.36% | 3.77% | 3.36% |
| 11 | United States Treasury | 3.30% | 4.33% | 3.30% |
| 12 | United States Treasury | 3.26% | 4.26% | 3.26% |
Only in TIPX
12 total- United States Treasury 4.41%
- United States Treasury 4.16%
- United States Treasury 4.05%
- United States Treasury 3.91%
- United States Treasury 3.73%
- United States Treasury 3.54%
- United States Treasury 3.53%
- United States Treasury 3.38%
- United States Treasury 3.25%
- United States Treasury 1.62%
Only in VTIP
5 total- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.75%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.23%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 3.81%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 3.37%
- United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 1.95%
Open TIPX 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.