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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MTUM returned +18.4% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, MTUM or VTIP?

VTIP is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

MTUM vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, MTUM returned +18.4% to VTIP's +2.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $18.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor 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

+18.4%

MTUM total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.15%

MTUM expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.2 points.

MTUM vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	MTUM	VTIP
Return
Measure	MTUM	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+18.4%	+2.2%
Drawdown
Measure	MTUM	VTIP
Below its high	11.9%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	MTUM	VTIP
What it tracks	MSCI USA Momentum SR Variant Index	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	MTUM	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$20.4bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	MTUM	VTIP
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	93%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	35.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, MTUM 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 MTUM VTIP

Only in one fund ↓

Only in MTUM

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 6.06%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 5.00%

INTEL CORPORATION 3.92%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 3.64%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.45%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.96%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 2.88%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.62%

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

MTUM iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor 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 the MSCI USA Momentum Factor Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year +18.4% +2.2%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (MLRG) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +4.8 pts vs MLRG not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.03%

Holdings 126 26

Net assets, MTUM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $18.7bn $20.9bn

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

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About each fund

MTUM

MTUM tracks the MSCI USA Momentum Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.4% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 126 positions, with the top ten at 35.5%. It sat 11.9% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

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, MTUM or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MTUM returned +18.4% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, MTUM or VTIP?: VTIP is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

MTUM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MTUM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for MTUM ↗

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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