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QUAL vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QUAL returned +13.1% to VTIP's +2.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $48.2bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF, and $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

QUAL on its own →VTIP on its own →
At a glance
+13.1%
QUAL total return, 1 year
+2.2%
VTIP total return, 1 year
0.15%
QUAL expense ratio
0.03%
VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.9 points; QUAL is 2.3 times larger.

QUAL vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureQUALVTIP
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.1%+2.2%
Benchmark
What it tracksMSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality IndexBloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.15%0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$47.7bn$20.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight97%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund44.5%

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, QUAL 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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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first QUAL VTIP
Only in one fund ↓
Only in QUAL
MICROSOFT 8.09%
APPLE 7.38%
NVIDIA 6.28%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.06%
ELI LILLY 4.04%
TJX 3.50%
VISA CLASS A 3.44%
LAM RESEARCH 2.84%
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 5.22%
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

QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality 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 Quality Factor Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities
Total return, 1 year +13.1% +2.2%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (MLRG) not measured
Gap to its benchmark −0.5 pts vs MLRG not measured
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.03%
Holdings 119 26
Net assets, QUAL as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $48.2bn $20.9bn

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

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About each fund
QUAL

QUAL tracks the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% 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, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 119 positions, with the top ten at 44.5%.

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, QUAL or VTIP?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUAL returned +13.1% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, QUAL 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
QUAL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
QUAL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for QUAL ↗
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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