Which returned more over the last year, VO or VTIP?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VO returned +12.0% and VTIP returned +1.7%, so VO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, VO or VTIP?

VO charges 0.03% a year and VTIP charges 0.03%, so VO 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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VO vs VTIP: how they differ

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

Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund and Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, VO and VTIP 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 VO	Only in VTIP
Vertiv Holdings Co 1.23%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.44%
Western Digital Corp 1.07%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.38%
Seagate Technology Holdings PLC 1.05%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.36%
Quanta Services Inc 1.05%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.19%
Howmet Aerospace Inc 1.04%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.02%
Cummins Inc 0.95%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 4.88%
Datadog Inc 0.84%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 4.87%
Bloom Energy Corp 0.79%	United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 4.79%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

VO and VTIP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	VO Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund	VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Vanguard
What it is	Mid-Cap	Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities
Total return, 1 year	+12.0%	+1.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−5.5 pts	−15.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Holdings	282	25

VO in plain words

VO is an index equity fund tracking the Mid-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 282 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VTIP in plain words

VTIP is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VO or VTIP?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VO returned +12.0% and VTIP returned +1.7%, so VO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, VO or VTIP?: VO charges 0.03% a year and VTIP charges 0.03%, so VO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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