Which returned more over the last year, VOO or VTIP?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VOO returned +13.7% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, VOO or VTIP?

Neither: VOO and VTIP both charge 0.03% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

VOO vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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

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Net assets on Sep 30, 2026: $1.0tn for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF and $20.9bn for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

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At a glance

+13.7%

VOO total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.03%

VOO expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.03% a year; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points; VOO is far larger, $1.0tn against $20.9bn.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

VOO vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	VOO	VTIP
Return
Measure	VOO	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+13.7%	+2.2%
Benchmark
Measure	VOO	VTIP
What it tracks	S&P 500 Index	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	VOO	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$1.0tn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	VOO	VTIP
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	39.1%

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

Risk and return

Oct 26, 2012 to Oct 23, 2026 · 730 weekly returns

VOO VTIP

Return

Total return edge VOO +590.0% +35.7%

Annualized edge VOO +14.8% +2.2%

Price return edge VOO +439.9% −2.1%

Risk

Volatility edge VTIP 15.8% 2.3%

Max drawdown edge VTIP −31.8% −5.5%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge VOO 0.84 0.17

Sortino edge VOO 1.21 0.22

Calmar edge VOO 0.46 0.40

Reading

VOO returned more: +590.0% to +35.7%. VTIP swung less: 2.3% to 15.8%. VTIP fell less at its worst: −5.5% to −31.8%.

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9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓

Risk and return: VOO vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	VOO	VTIP	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+590.0%	+35.7%	VOO	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+14.8%	+2.2%	VOO	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+439.9%	−2.1%	VOO	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.8%	2.3%	VTIP	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.9%	1.7%	VTIP	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−31.8%	−5.5%	VTIP	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.84	0.17	VOO	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	1.21	0.22	VOO	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.46	0.40	VOO	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 730 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, VOO and VTIP hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026.

50%

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first VOO VTIP

MKTLIQ 0.05% 0.11%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in VOO

NVIDIA Corp 8.40%

Apple Inc 7.39%

Microsoft Corp 5.79%

Amazon.com Inc 3.72%

Alphabet Inc 3.07%

Broadcom Inc 2.54%

Alphabet Inc 2.46%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.43%

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 5.14%

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

VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Vanguard 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 0.03% 0.03%

Holdings 507 26

Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026 $1.0tn $20.9bn

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

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VOO and VTIP do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. VOO follows S&P 500 Index and VTIP follows Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Sep 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 VOO returned +13.7% and VTIP +2.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 11.5 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

VOO

VOO 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 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

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.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, VOO or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, VOO returned +13.7% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, VOO or VTIP?: Neither: VOO and VTIP both charge 0.03% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

VOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOO ↗

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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