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SPYM vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SPYM returned +13.7% to VTIP's +2.2%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $185.0bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF, and $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

SPYM on its own →VTIP on its own →
At a glance
+13.7%
SPYM total return, 1 year
+2.2%
VTIP total return, 1 year
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio
0.03%
VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYM costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points; SPYM is 8.3 times larger.

SPYM vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureSPYMVTIP
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.7%+2.2%
Benchmark
What it tracksS&P 500 IndexBloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.02%0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$173.6bn$20.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund38.1%

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, SPYM 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 SPYM VTIP
Only in one fund ↓
Only in SPYM
NVIDIA CORP 7.92%
APPLE INC 7.61%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.92%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%
ALPHABET INC CL A 2.83%
BROADCOM INC 2.44%
ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.05%
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

SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 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 Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities
Total return, 1 year +13.7% +2.2%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.7% (IVV) not measured
Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs IVV not measured
Expense ratio 0.02% 0.03%
Holdings 506 26
Net assets, SPYM as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $185.0bn $20.9bn
Former ticker SPLG none

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

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About each fund
SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% 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 506 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

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, SPYM or VTIP?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYM returned +13.7% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, SPYM or VTIP?
SPYM 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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SPYM on its own →VTIP on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →SPYM dividend history →SPYM holdings →VTIP dividend history →VTIP holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SPYM 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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