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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TIP returned −1.0% and XLV returned +20.4%, so XLV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, TIP or XLV?

TIP charges 0.18% a year and XLV charges 0.08%, so XLV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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TIP vs XLV: how they differ

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

iShares TIPS Bond ETF and State Street(R) Health Care Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, TIP and XLV 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 XLV
TREASURY (CPI) NOTE 0.10%	ELI LILLY + CO 14.87%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.04%	JOHNSON + JOHNSON 10.73%
	ABBVIE INC 7.54%
	MERCK + CO. INC. 5.98%
	UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 5.90%
	THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 3.75%
	AMGEN INC 3.46%
	ABBOTT LABORATORIES 3.01%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

TIP and XLV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	TIP iShares TIPS Bond ETF	XLV State Street(R) Health Care Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	State Street
What it is	TIPS Bond	Health care
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+20.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.5 pts	+2.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.08%
Holdings	50	63

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.

XLV in plain words

XLV is an index equity fund tracking the Health care. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +20.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 63 positions, with the top ten at 60.9%. It sat 5.9% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, TIP or XLV?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, TIP returned −1.0% and XLV returned +20.4%, so XLV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, TIP or XLV?: TIP charges 0.18% a year and XLV charges 0.08%, so XLV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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