Are AIRR and VTIP in the same category?

AIRR is a thematic ETF and VTIP is a bond ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AIRR returned −0.2% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, AIRR or VTIP?

VTIP is cheaper, by 0.66 percentage points a year. That is about $66 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AIRR vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AIRR returned −0.2% to VTIP's +2.2%, and VTIP charges 0.03% to AIRR's 0.69%.

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Net assets: $8.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF, and $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

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At a glance

−0.2%

AIRR total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.69%

AIRR expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.66 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points.

AIRR vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AIRR	VTIP
Return
Measure	AIRR	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	−0.2%	+2.2%
Drawdown
Measure	AIRR	VTIP
Below its all-time high	25.5%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Against its benchmark
Measure	AIRR	VTIP
What it tracks	Reshoring and manufacturing	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Against the S&P 500, 1 year	behind by 13.9 pts
Against its benchmark, 1 year	behind by 13.9 pts
Cost and size
Measure	AIRR	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.69%	0.03%
Net assets, AIRR as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026	$8.4bn	$20.9bn
Active share vs the S&P 500	100%
Holdings
Measure	AIRR	VTIP
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	15%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	33%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AIRR and VTIP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AIRR VTIP

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Only in AIRR

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 3.83%

Karman Holdings Inc. 3.51%

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. 3.47%

BWX Technologies, Inc. 3.33%

Herc Holdings, Inc. 3.30%

Owens Corning 3.20%

RBC Bearings Incorporated 3.19%

Dycom Industries, Inc. 3.13%

Only in VTIP

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.22%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.14%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.97%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.96%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.87%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%

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Side by side

AIRR First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Thematic ETF Bond ETF

Issuer First Trust Vanguard

What it is Reshoring and manufacturing Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year −0.2% +2.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (VOO) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −13.9 pts vs VOO not measured

Expense ratio 0.69% 0.03%

Holdings 55 26

Net assets, AIRR as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $8.4bn $20.9bn

AIRR and VTIP on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AIRR

By weight, 15% of AIRR's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500, from its filing for Jun 30, 2026; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 33% of the fund across 55 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned −0.2% with distributions reinvested against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, so a holder was behind by 13.9 pts. It sits 25.5% below its all-time high of Jun 22, 2026.

VTIP

VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Are AIRR and VTIP in the same category?: AIRR is a thematic ETF and VTIP is a bond ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, AIRR or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AIRR returned −0.2% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, AIRR or VTIP?: VTIP is cheaper, by 0.66 percentage points a year. That is about $66 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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AIRR on its own →VTIP on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AIRR dividend history →AIRR holdings →VTIP dividend history →VTIP holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

AIRR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AIRR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for AIRR ↗

VTIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTIP ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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