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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TIP returned −1.0% and VPU returned +2.1%, so VPU returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, TIP or VPU?

TIP charges 0.18% a year and VPU charges 0.09%, so VPU 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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TIP vs VPU: how they differ

TIP and VPU hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VPU returned more over the year.

iShares TIPS Bond ETF and Vanguard Utilities Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, TIP and VPU 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 TIP	Only in VPU
United States of America 4.10%	NextEra Energy Inc 11.84%
United States of America 4.04%	Southern Co/The 6.70%
United States of America 3.63%	Duke Energy Corp 6.31%
United States of America 3.44%	Constellation Energy Corp 5.86%
United States of America 3.41%	American Electric Power Co Inc 4.47%
United States of America 3.39%	Sempra 3.85%
United States of America 3.37%	Dominion Energy Inc 3.78%
United States of America 3.36%	Vistra Corp 3.59%

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 and May 31, 2026.

TIP and VPU on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	TIP iShares TIPS Bond ETF	VPU Vanguard Utilities Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	TIPS Bond	Utilities
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+2.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	−15.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.09%
Holdings	48	66

TIP in plain words

TIP is a bond fund tracking the TIPS 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 0.18% a year.

VPU in plain words

VPU is an index equity fund tracking the Utilities. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 66 positions, with the top ten at 52.7%. It sat 9.8% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, TIP or VPU?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TIP returned −1.0% and VPU returned +2.1%, so VPU returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, TIP or VPU?: TIP charges 0.18% a year and VPU charges 0.09%, so VPU is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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