Which returned more over the last year, TIP or VGLT?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TIP returned −1.0% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so TIP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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TIP vs VGLT: how they differ

TIP and VGLT hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and TIP returned more over the year.

iShares TIPS Bond ETF and Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, TIP and VGLT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in TIP	Only in VGLT
TREASURY (CPI) NOTE 0.10%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.62%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.04%	Mexico Government International Bond 0.50%
	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
	Mexico Government International Bond 0.48%
	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44%
	Province of British Columbia Canada 0.43%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

TIP and VGLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	TIP iShares TIPS Bond ETF	VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	TIPS Bond	Long-term Treasury
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	−5.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	−22.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.18%	not published
Holdings	50	1703

TIP in plain words

TIP is a bond fund tracking the TIPS Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year.

VGLT in plain words

VGLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-term Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −5.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 39.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, TIP or VGLT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TIP returned −1.0% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so TIP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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TIP against VGLT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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