# VTIP (Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares)

Vanguard · Bond ETFs · Short-term inflation-protected · data as of Oct 28, 2026

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: Delivered. As of Jun 30, 2026, VTIP had a duration of 2.3 years against "short". https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities and returned +2.2% over the past year.

## Key facts

- VTIP, total return, 1 year: +2.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VTIP, expense ratio: 0.03%, as of Jan 28, 2026.
- VTIP, holdings: 26, as of Sep 30, 2026.
- VTIP, below its high: −0.1%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VTIP, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 4.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- VTIP, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.9333, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- VTIP, net assets: $20.9bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026).

## VTIP over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return |
| --- | --- |
| 1 month | +1.3% |
| 3 months | +0.2% |
| 6 months | +0.3% |
| Year to date | +2.1% |
| 1 year | +2.2% |
| 3 years | +15.7% |
| 5 years | +15.8% |
| 10 years | +35.1% |
| Since launch | +35.7% |
| Since launch, annualised | +2.2% |

## VTIP key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $50.46 on May 13, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $48.38 on Oct 2, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $48.86, 23% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 26
- Top ten weight: 50.0%

## VTIP trading

- Not scored.
- $1,000: about $0.11, 0.011%, one way.
- $10,000: about $1.05, 0.011%, one way.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.04%; 95% of days within ±0.06%.
- Limit: 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.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vtip/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Short-term inflation-protected | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.03% | 485BPOS XBRL, Jan 28, 2026 |
| Price | $48.86 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Oct 16, 2012 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $20.9bn | the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026 |
| Benchmark | 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 | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Below its high | −0.1% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 26 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 50.0% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings as of | Sep 30, 2026 | the issuer’s month-end file |

## Money in and out, to Jun 30, 2026

Monthly data only. Jun 2026: +$837m, from SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone.

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/vtip.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### 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.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, VTIP, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vtip
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