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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HGER returned +46.9% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, HGER or VTIP?

VTIP is cheaper, by 0.65 percentage points a year. That is about $65 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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HGER vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HGER returned +46.9% to VTIP's +2.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $5.0bn on Oct 28, 2026 for Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy 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

+46.9%

HGER total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.68%

HGER expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.65 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 44.7 points.

HGER vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HGER	VTIP
Return
Measure	HGER	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+46.9%	+2.2%
Benchmark
Measure	HGER	VTIP
What it tracks	Quantix Commodity Index	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	HGER	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.68%	0.03%
Net assets, HGER as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026	$5.0bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	HGER	VTIP
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HGER and VTIP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jul 31, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.

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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

HGER Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Commodity ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Harbor Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year +46.9% +2.2%

Expense ratio 0.68% 0.03%

Holdings 0 26

Net assets, HGER as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $5.0bn $20.9bn

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

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About each fund

HGER

HGER tracks an index of Harbor Commodity All-Weather Strategy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +46.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.68% a year. By its holdings filed for Jul 31, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 0 positions, with the top ten at not published.

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

Which returned more over the last year, HGER or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HGER returned +46.9% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, HGER or VTIP?: VTIP is cheaper, by 0.65 percentage points a year. That is about $65 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

HGER filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HGER prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Harbor page for HGER ↗

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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