Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or TIP?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and TIP returned −1.0%, so TIP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, GOVT or TIP?

GOVT charges 0.05% a year and TIP charges 0.18%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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GOVT vs TIP: how they differ

GOVT and TIP hold 0% of their weight in the same names.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF and iShares TIPS Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GOVT and TIP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GOVT	Only in TIP
United States of America 5.31%	United States of America 4.10%
United States of America 2.96%	United States of America 4.04%
United States of America 2.63%	United States of America 3.63%
United States of America 2.09%	United States of America 3.44%
United States of America 1.61%	United States of America 3.41%
United States of America 1.57%	United States of America 3.39%
United States of America 1.53%	United States of America 3.37%
United States of America 1.51%	United States of America 3.36%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026.

GOVT and TIP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	TIP iShares TIPS Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	U.S. Treasury Bond	TIPS Bond
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	−1.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	−18.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.18%
Holdings	223	48

GOVT in plain words

GOVT is a bond fund tracking the U.S. Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 8.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

TIP in plain words

TIP is a bond fund tracking the TIPS Bond. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GOVT or TIP?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GOVT returned −1.0% and TIP returned −1.0%, so TIP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GOVT or TIP?: GOVT charges 0.05% a year and TIP charges 0.18%, so GOVT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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GOVT against TIP, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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