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VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

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+0.1% · 1 day, price
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VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities and returned +2.2% over the past year.

What drove VTIP’s returns?What would a 1-point rise in rates do to VTIP?What does VTIP cost to hold and to trade?
Bond fund · Tracks the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years IndexVanguard ↗Expense ratio 0.03%Fund assets $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026First traded Oct 16, 2012Benchmark Its own holdings, as of Sep 30, 2026; its shareholder report compares it with the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, but its daily returns fit AGG's at R-squared 0.249 over the year to Oct 28, 2026 (251 days), under the 0.35 it needs to return to itFund page at the issuer ↗SEC filings ↗Every Vanguard fund ETFIQ coversDividend history

VTIP returned +2.2% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.03% a year and holds $20.9bn in net assets on Sep 30, 2026.

Promise check: DeliveredAs of Jun 30, 2026, VTIP had a duration of 2.3 years against "short".

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VTIP risk and return scorecard

vs its own holdings

Not measured: its benchmark is its own holdings, which has no weekly price series.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records; risk-free rate: U.S. Treasury, Daily Treasury Bill Rates, 13-week coupon equivalent Method · Data

What you earned

VTIP +1.3%: total return over one month to Oct 28, 2026.
VTIP+1.3%
VTIP +0.2%: total return over three months to Oct 28, 2026.
VTIP+0.2%
VTIP +0.3%: total return over six months to Oct 28, 2026.
VTIP+0.3%
VTIP +2.1%: total return over the year to Oct 28, 2026.
VTIP+2.1%
VTIP +2.2%: total return over one year to Oct 28, 2026.
VTIP+2.2%
VTIP +15.7%: total return over three years to Oct 28, 2026.
VTIP+15.7%
VTIP +15.8%: total return over five years to Oct 28, 2026.
VTIP+15.8%
VTIP +35.1%: total return over ten years to Oct 28, 2026.
VTIP+35.1%
VTIP +35.7%: total return since launch to Oct 28, 2026.
VTIP+35.7%
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What does it hold, and how long?

Holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026 (N-PORT)
+2.2%
Total return, 1 year
Report
0.03%
Expense ratio
Report
26
Holdings
Report
−0.1%
Below its high
Report
4.7%
12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price
Report
$0.9333
Last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026
Report
Maturity
Under 1 yr
19.7%
1 to 3 yrs
42.6%
3 to 5 yrs
36.7%
5 to 10 yrs
0.0%
10 to 20 yrs
0.0%
Over 20 yrs
0.0%
What it holds
Treasury 99.0%Cash and repo 0.6%
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Price and total return, 1 year

$48.86+0.1%1 day, priceClose, Oct 28, 2026

Total return adds every distribution, reinvested. Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices. Data as of Oct 28, 2026. Updated every trading night. Report a data error

VTIP returns by window: total return, cash paid and price change
WindowTotal return
1M Sep 28 – Oct 28, 2026+1.3%
3M Jul 29 – Oct 28, 2026+0.2%
6M Apr 29 – Oct 28, 2026+0.3%
YTD Dec 31, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026+2.1%
1Y Oct 28, 2025 – Oct 28, 2026+2.2%
3Y Oct 27, 2023 – Oct 28, 2026+15.7%
5Y Oct 29, 2021 – Oct 28, 2026+15.8%
10Y Oct 28, 2016 – Oct 28, 2026+35.1%
Since launch Oct 16, 2012 – Oct 28, 2026+35.7%
Since launch, annualised Oct 16, 2012 – Oct 28, 2026+2.2%

Total returns, distributions reinvested.

Source: Tiingo end-of-day prices, with distributions reinvested.

Money in and out

Monthly data · as of Jun 30, 2026

VTIP’s fund, all share classes together: in the month to Jun 30, 2026, net $837m came in, by its SEC filing.

Computed by ETFIQ from the monthly sales and redemptions VTIP files with the SEC on Form N-PORT.

How this is computed

ETFIQ reads no daily data for this fund, so its flows are monthly, and the latest month filed is Jun 2026. The filing covers all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone: Vanguard sells its ETF as one share class of a fund that also has mutual fund shares. Every day and month ETFIQ holds for VTIP, back to Jul 2019, is in its flows file. Flows across every fund · How these flows are computed · Compare VTIP with other funds in the flows tool

Month by month, money in and money outJul 2023 to Jun 2026

VTIP, all share classes of its fund, money in and money out each month from Jul 2023 to Jun 2026: two bars a month, money in above the line and money out below. Every bar is from VTIP’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 26 and went out in 10.

Every bar is from VTIP’s SEC filings (N-PORT item B.6). Of the 36 months listed, money came in on net in 26 and went out in 10.

MonthInOutNet
Jun 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.6bn−$802m+$837m
May 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$2.6bn−$742m+$1.9bn
Apr 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$3.0bn−$950m+$2.0bn
Mar 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.3bn−$683m+$655m
Feb 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$909m−$591m+$317m
Jan 2026 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.8bn−$2.5bn−$712m
Dec 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$2.5bn−$722m+$1.8bn
Nov 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.3bn−$432m+$834m
Oct 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$2.6bn−$941m+$1.7bn
Sep 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.5bn−$575m+$943m
Aug 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.0bn−$638m+$409m
Jul 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.9bn−$727m+$1.1bn
Jun 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$943m−$443m+$500m
May 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$782m−$573m+$210m
Apr 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.9bn−$1.2bn+$787m
Mar 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$815m−$693m+$122m
Feb 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.7bn−$552m+$1.2bn
Jan 2025 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$628m−$655m−$26.7m
Dec 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.0bn−$440m+$594m
Nov 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$682m−$537m+$145m
Oct 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$751m−$297m+$454m
Sep 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$637m−$391m+$246m
Aug 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.3bn−$841m+$425m
Jul 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$939m−$514m+$425m
Jun 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$352m−$279m+$72.8m
May 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$945m−$1.3bn−$324m
Apr 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$408m−$569m−$160m
Mar 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$876m−$866m+$10.0m
Feb 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$748m−$741m+$6.8m
Jan 2024 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$721m−$793m−$72.8m
Dec 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$816m−$1.1bn−$278m
Nov 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$531m−$1.2bn−$692m
Oct 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$920m−$1.3bn−$398m
Sep 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$508m−$989m−$481m
Aug 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.2bn−$1.2bn−$5.8m
Jul 2023 SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone+$1.0bn−$983m+$30.2m

Most recent first.

How this is computed

N-PORT months: money in is sales plus reinvestments; money out is redemptions.

N-PORT months are the filed sales plus reinvestments less redemptions. Later months add up the daily data; the Source column names any missing day.

Source: ETFIQ, from the fund’s SEC N-PORT filings. Data as of Jun 30, 2026. Updated when the fund files its next report.

VTIP key stats

52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$50.46 on May 13, 2026
52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026 (ETFIQ)$48.38 on Oct 2, 2026
Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range (ETFIQ)$48.86, 23% of the way from the low to the high
Holdings26
Top ten weight50.0%
Range, beta and R-squared computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices.

Trading

as of Oct 27, 2026
Trading · VTIPas of Oct 27, 2026
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Not scored2 of 6 measured · Oct 27, 2026
0 · Hard to tradeIQ Liquidity Score100 · Trades like a giant
Cost for your order · one way, half its 30-day median spread
$1,000$0.110.011%
$10,000$1.050.011%
Premium or discount to NAV, Oct 27 close+0.04%
−0.1%95% of days within ±0.06% · the 1% band is off this scale+0.1%
How to tradeLimit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell.At the Oct 27 close of $48.81, that’s $48.82 to buy and $48.80 to sell.
Full trading page: components, premium history, dealers →

About VTIP

What it tracksBloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Fund typeBond fund
Category (ETFIQ)Bonds · Short-term inflation-protected
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jan 28, 2026)0.03%
Price$48.86
First tradedOct 16, 2012
Net assets (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026)$20.9bnReport
Benchmark (ETFIQ, from its filings)Its own holdings, as of Sep 30, 2026; its shareholder report compares it with the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, but its daily returns fit AGG's at R-squared 0.249 over the year to Oct 28, 2026 (251 days), under the 0.35 it needs to return to it
Below its high (ETFIQ)−0.1%
Holdings26
Top ten weight50.0%
Holdings as of (the issuer’s month-end file)Sep 30, 2026
IQ Investment Committee on VTIP

12 seats on VTIP, as of Oct 28, 2026: 2 Supports, 1 Mixed, 5 Not enough data, 4 Does not apply.

In the tradition ofJohn BogleBogle-style Low CostMixed
In the tradition ofBenjamin GrahamGraham-style Margin of SafetyNot enough data
In the tradition ofWarren Buffett & Charlie MungerBuffett & Munger-style QualityNot enough data
In the tradition ofPeter LynchLynch-style Growth at a Reasonable PriceNot enough data
In the tradition ofJohn TempletonTempleton-style Global ContrarianDoes not apply
In the tradition ofRay DalioDalio-style All-WeatherNot enough data
In the tradition ofHoward MarksMarks-style Cycles & RiskSupports
In the tradition ofStanley DruckenmillerDruckenmiller-style Macro & LiquidityDoes not apply
In the tradition ofDavid SwensenSwensen-style DiversificationSupports
In the tradition ofCathie WoodWood-style Disruptive InnovationDoes not apply
In the tradition ofJesse LivermoreLivermore-style Trend FollowingDoes not apply
Uses ETFIQ’s measuresThe ETFIQ SkepticETFIQ’s own seatNot enough data
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Questions people ask about VTIP

How has VTIP performed?
Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VTIP returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested. Over three years the number is +15.7%.
What does VTIP cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.
How far is VTIP below its high?
0.1% below its high of Aug 20, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.
Sources and dates
Prices, VTIPTiingo end-of-day · Oct 28, 2026
Fee, 0.03%Prospectus filing with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Net assets, $20.9bnThe issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end · Sep 30, 2026
IssuerHoldings, the issuer’s own month-end file ↗
IssuerVanguard page for VTIP ↗
All fund filingsFund filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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