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SPYG vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYG returned +12.2% to VTIP's +2.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $55.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF, and $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

SPYG on its own →VTIP on its own →
At a glance
+12.2%
SPYG total return, 1 year
+2.2%
VTIP total return, 1 year
0.04%
SPYG expense ratio
0.03%
VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.0 points; SPYG is 2.7 times larger.

SPYG vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureSPYGVTIP
Return
Total return, 1 year+12.2%+2.2%
Drawdown
Below its high4.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksS&P 500 Growth IndexBloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.04%0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$56.6bn$20.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund59.6%

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, SPYG 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 SPYG VTIP
Only in one fund ↓
Only in SPYG
NVIDIA CORP 14.61%
MICROSOFT CORP 10.93%
APPLE INC 7.01%
ALPHABET INC CL A 5.21%
BROADCOM INC 4.51%
ALPHABET INC CL C 4.17%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 3.79%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.65%
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

SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares
Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF
Issuer State Street Vanguard
What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Growth Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities
Total return, 1 year +12.2% +2.2%
Its benchmark over the same days +12.1% (IVW) not measured
Gap to its benchmark +0.1 pts vs IVW not measured
Expense ratio 0.04% 0.03%
Holdings 152 26
Net assets, SPYG as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $55.9bn $20.9bn

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

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About each fund
SPYG

SPYG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 152 positions, with the top ten at 59.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 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, SPYG or VTIP?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYG returned +12.2% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, SPYG or VTIP?
VTIP is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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SPYG on its own →VTIP on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →SPYG dividend history →SPYG holdings →VTIP dividend history →VTIP holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
SPYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SPYG 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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