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JNK vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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On Jun 30, 2026 JNK's duration was 3.4 years and VTIP's 2.3; VTIP charges 0.03% to JNK's 0.40%.

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Net assets: $5.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF, and $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

JNK on its own →VTIP on its own →
At a glance
+1.7%
JNK total return, 1 year
+2.2%
VTIP total return, 1 year
0.40%
JNK expense ratio
0.03%
VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; VTIP is 3.2 times larger.

JNK vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureJNKVTIP
Return
Total return, 1 year+1.7%+2.2%
Benchmark
What it tracksBloomberg High Yield Very Liquid IndexBloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.40%0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$6.5bn$20.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

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

What they share

0%

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JNK VTIP
Only in one fund ↓
Only in JNK
1261229 BC Ltd, due Apr 15, 2032 0.63%
Meridian Arc Holdco LLC, due Apr 30, 2031 0.56%
EchoStar Corp, due Nov 30, 2029 0.51%
PR RNO Property Owner 1 LLC, due May 1, 2031 0.48%
Cloud Software Group Inc, due Mar 31, 2029 0.41%
Quikrete Holdings Inc, due Mar 1, 2032 0.40%
DISH Network Corp, due Nov 15, 2027 0.40%
SV RNO Property Owner 1 LLC, due Mar 1, 2031 0.39%
Only in VTIP
TSY INFL IX N/B, due Oct 15, 2030 5.39%
TSY INFL IX N/B, due Oct 15, 2029 5.33%
TSY INFL IX N/B, due Apr 15, 2030 5.30%
TSY INFL IX N/B, due Apr 15, 2029 5.14%
TSY INFL IX N/B, due Oct 15, 2028 4.97%
TSY INFL IX N/B, due Oct 15, 2026 4.83%
TSY INFL IX N/B, due Oct 15, 2027 4.83%
TSY INFL IX N/B, due Apr 15, 2027 4.74%
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Side by side

JNK State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer State Street Vanguard
What it is Tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities
Total return, 1 year +1.7% +2.2%
Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) not measured
Gap to its benchmark +3.1 pts vs AGG not measured
Expense ratio 0.40% 0.03%
Holdings 1142 26
Net assets, JNK as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $5.9bn $20.9bn

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

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About each fund
JNK

JNK tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

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, JNK or VTIP?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, JNK or VTIP?
VTIP is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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JNK on its own →VTIP on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →JNK dividend history →JNK holdings →VTIP dividend history →VTIP holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
JNK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
JNK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street website ↗
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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