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LYTE VTIP \n Expense ratio 0.65% 0.03% \n Net assets, LYTE as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $165m $20.9bn \n Total return, 1 year not published +2.2% \n What it tracks Photonics and optics Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Prote","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, LYTE against VTIP, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/lyte-vs-vtip","a":{"ticker":"LYTE","name":"Roundhill Photonics & Optics ETF","issuer":"Roundhill","desk":"themes","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"From its Aug 6, 2026 launch to Oct 28, 2026, LYTE lost 19.6%.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/lyte","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, since launch","value":"\u221219.6%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$165m","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"the issuer\u2019s own daily fund list, as of Oct 28, 2026"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.65%","as_of":"2026-08-03","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Aug 3, 2026"}]},"b":{"ticker":"VTIP","name":"Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares","issuer":"Vanguard","desk":"core","as_of":"2026-10-28","verdict":"VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities and returned +2.2% over the past year.","url":"https://etfiq.com/funds/vtip","key_facts":[{"label":"Total return, 1 year","value":"+2.2%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices"},{"label":"Expense ratio","value":"0.03%","as_of":"2026-01-28","source":"485BPOS XBRL, Jan 28, 2026"},{"label":"Holdings","value":"26","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"the issuer\u2019s holdings file"},{"label":"Below its high","value":"\u22120.1%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"ETFIQ"},{"label":"12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price","value":"4.7%","as_of":"2026-10-28","source":"computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and distributions"},{"label":"Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026","value":"$0.9333","as_of":"2026-10-01","source":"Tiingo end-of-day distributions"},{"label":"Net assets","value":"$20.9bn","as_of":"2026-09-30","source":"the issuer\u2019s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026"}]},"overlap_pct":null,"overlap_note":"ETFIQ does not publish a holdings overlap for this pair. Either the funds are not compared on holdings, or one book is incomplete.","full_text_at":"https://etfiq.com/compare/any/lyte-vs-vtip"}