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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +58.8% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, IYE or VTIP?

VTIP is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IYE vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IYE returned +58.8% to VTIP's +2.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.8bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares U.S. Energy 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

+58.8%

IYE total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.37%

IYE expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 56.6 points; VTIP is 13.1 times larger.

IYE vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IYE	VTIP
Return
Measure	IYE	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+58.8%	+2.2%
Benchmark
Measure	IYE	VTIP
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Energy RIC 22	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	IYE	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.6bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	IYE	VTIP
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	67%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	71.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IYE 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 IYE VTIP

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IYE

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 23.48%

CHEVRON 16.24%

CONOCOPHILLIPS 6.74%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 4.68%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 4.07%

PHILLIPS 66 3.97%

WILLIAMS 3.37%

EOG RESOURCES 3.28%

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

IYE iShares U.S. Energy ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of U.S. Energy Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year +58.8% +2.2%

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.03%

Holdings 41 26

Net assets, IYE as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.8bn $20.9bn

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

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About each fund

IYE

IYE tracks an index of U.S. Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +58.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 67% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 41 positions, with the top ten at 71.5%.

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, IYE or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYE returned +58.8% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, IYE or VTIP?: VTIP is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

IYE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IYE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IYE ↗

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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