# TIP (iShares TIPS Bond ETF)

iShares · Bond ETFs · Inflation-protected · data as of Oct 28, 2026

TIP returned −1.0% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.18% a year and holds $14.6bn in net assets on Oct 27, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, TIP returned −1.0% against −0.8% for VTP, which tracks the same ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index. Fees aside, TIP finished 0.04 points behind VTP. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

TIP tracks an index of TIPS Bond and returned −1.0% over the past year.

## Key facts

- TIP, total return, 1 year: −1.0%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- TIP, expense ratio: 0.18%, as of Feb 23, 2026.
- TIP, holdings: 48, as of Oct 27, 2026.
- TIP, below its high: −1.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- TIP, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 4.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- TIP, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Aug 3, 2026: $0.7844, as of Aug 3, 2026.
- TIP, net assets: $14.6bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026).

## TIP over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (VTP) | Gap to VTP |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | +2.1% | +2.1% | 0.0 pts |
| 3 months | −0.7% | −0.6% | −0.1 pts |
| 6 months | −1.3% | −1.3% | 0.0 pts |
| Year to date | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts |
| 1 year | −1.0% | −0.8% | −0.2 pts |
| 3 years | +13.8% | not available | not available |
| 5 years | +0.1% | not available | not available |
| 10 years | +24.8% | not available | not available |
| Since launch | +114.1% | not available | not available |
| Since launch, annualised | +3.4% | – | – |

## TIP key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $111.88 on Feb 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $103.98 on Oct 5, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $106.26, 29% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta to its benchmark, 1 year: 1.01, against VTP (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- R-squared, the same days: 0.95 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta and R-squared measured over: 251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 48
- Top ten weight: 35.7%

## TIP trading

- IQ Liquidity Score 96, Trades like a giant, 88th percentile of 200 bonds ETFs.
- Trades like a giant: trades at a typical spread of 0.01%.
- $1,000: about $0.05, 0.005%, one way.
- $10,000: about $0.50, 0.005%, one way.
- Full cost to own, 1 year at $10,000: 0.25%, against 0.18% for the fee alone.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.07%; 95% of days within ±0.13%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $106.31, that’s $106.32 to buy and $106.30 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/tip/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Inflation-protected | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.18% | 485BPOS XBRL, Feb 23, 2026 |
| Price | $106.26 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Dec 5, 2003 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $14.6bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026 |
| Benchmark | ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index, measured by VTP, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Benchmark named in | its prospectus, 485BPOS, Feb 23, 2026 | ETFIQ |
| TIP, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | −1.0% | ETFIQ |
| VTP, the same days | −0.8% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | −0.2 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −1.8% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 48 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 35.7% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings published for | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |
| Holdings as of the close of | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |

## Money in and out, to Oct 23, 2026

| Window | Dates | Net flow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$74.1m |
| 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$19.5m |
| 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$261m |
| Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$1.3bn |
| 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$1.3bn |

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/tip.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has TIP performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, TIP returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against −0.8% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index. Over three years the number is +13.8%.

### What does TIP cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year.

### How far is TIP below its high?

1.8% below its high of May 8, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, TIP, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/tip
Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at <https://etfiq.com/data/>.

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