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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and TIP −1.0%.

Which is cheaper, BOND or TIP?

TIP is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

BOND vs TIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, BOND returned −1.4% to TIP's −1.0%, and TIP charges 0.18% to BOND's 0.54%.

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Net assets: $8.3bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund, and $14.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares TIPS Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

BOND total return, 1 year

−1.0%

TIP total return, 1 year

0.54%

BOND expense ratio

0.18%

TIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

TIP costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points.

BOND vs TIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	BOND	TIP
Return
Measure	BOND	TIP
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	−1.0%
Drawdown
Measure	BOND	TIP
Below its high	3.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	BOND	TIP
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	BOND	TIP
Expense ratio	0.54%	0.18%
Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and TIP as of Oct 27, 2026	$8.3bn	$14.6bn
Holdings
Measure	BOND	TIP
Holdings in common	3%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, BOND and TIP hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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3% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first BOND TIP

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, due Jan 15, 2034 1.93% 3.55%

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Indexed Notes, due Jan 15, 2035 1.03% 3.94%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in BOND

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 5.56%

PIMCO Mortgage-Backed Securities Active Exchange-Traded Fund 4.07%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 3.46%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Feb 15, 2043 3.39%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 2.73%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due Nov 15, 2045 2.57%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Sep 1, 2056 2.54%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 2.27%

Only in TIP

U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Jul 15, 2035 3.99%

U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Jan 15, 2036 3.92%

U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Jul 15, 2034 3.71%

U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Oct 15, 2030 3.37%

U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Apr 15, 2030 3.32%

U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Jan 15, 2033 3.31%

U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Apr 15, 2031 3.29%

U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Notes, due Jul 15, 2033 3.29%

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Side by side

BOND PIMCO Active Bond Exchange-Traded Fund TIP iShares TIPS Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer PIMCO iShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of TIPS Bond

Total return, 1 year −1.4% −1.0%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) −0.8% (VTP)

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs AGG −0.2 pts vs VTP

Expense ratio 0.54% 0.18%

Holdings 1565 48

Net assets, BOND as of Jun 30, 2026 and TIP as of Oct 27, 2026 $8.3bn $14.6bn

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

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About each fund

BOND

BOND is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.54% a year. It sat 3.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

TIP

TIP tracks an index of TIPS Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against −0.8% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BOND or TIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BOND returned −1.4% and TIP −1.0%.
Which is cheaper, BOND or TIP?: TIP is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

BOND filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

BOND prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

TIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

TIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for TIP ↗

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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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