Dimensional - Inflation-Protected Securities ETF
$39.33−0.30 (−0.76%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.11%
- Fund size
- $1.1B
- 1Y return
- −1.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 5.90%
- Holdings
- 19
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $39.63
- 52W range
The ETF.net DFIP Grade
Score 62 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.CScore 43Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 34Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 68Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 64Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 70Category rank
Our read on DFIP
BDimensional's TIPS vehicle: US inflation-linked Treasuries, one job, 0.11% a year. Priced a shade under the typical Treasury-bond ETF, though plain index TIPS funds go cheaper still.
The fund seeks inflation protection and current income consistent with inflation-protected securities.
Why people hold it
- One job, straight from its objective: inflation protection plus current income from inflation-protected securities. No credit detours.
- Charges 0.11% a year, just under the typical fund in its Treasury peer group.
- The portfolio stays close to what the objective promises, and the fund sits in the upper half of its Treasury cohort.
- Listed in 2021 and now a billion-dollar-plus fund, so this is no thin, untested ticker.
Worth knowing
- Index-tracking TIPS exposure comes cheaper: SCHP charges 0.03% against 0.11% here. The gap buys Dimensional's version of the job.
- Payouts arrive on an irregular schedule, not a fixed monthly check.
- Volume is moderate rather than heavy for the category, so execution costs can matter more on large orders.
DFIP Holdings
- Bonds
- 19
- 81%
- UNITED ST .125% 07/15/30
Geography
- United States100.00%
DFIP Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | DFIP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.0% |
| 1 month | −1.7% |
| 3 months | −1.7% |
| 1 year | −1.1% |
| 3 years | +4.0% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | DFIP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.0% | |
| 2025 | +7.6% | |
| 2024 | +1.7% | |
| 2023 | +4.1% | |
| 2022 | −12.4% | |
| 2021 | −0.1% |
DFIP in the news
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DFIP Dividends
- 5.90%
- $2.34
- $0.29 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | Aug 20, 2026 | $0.29 |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 | $0.46 |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Jun 25, 2026 | $0.46 |
| May 19, 2026 | May 21, 2026 | $0.24 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | Apr 23, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | Dec 18, 2025 | $0.29 |
| Nov 18, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Oct 23, 2025 | $0.14 |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Sep 25, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Aug 19, 2025 | Aug 21, 2025 | $0.16 |
| Jul 22, 2025 | Jul 24, 2025 | $0.17 |
| Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | $0.17 |
DFIP Risk
- 4.5%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- −0.09
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −14.9%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.74
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DFIP Cost
- The middle half of TIPS funds
- Median 0.10%
22 of the 41 TIPS funds charge less.