iShares TIPS Bond ETF
$104.56+0.06 (+0.06%)
- 0.18%
- $14.2B
- −2.2%
- 4.50%
- 1.9M sh
- $104.32
- low $103.76high $112.24
The ETF.net TIP Grade
B
Score 65 out of 100
- 9 of 41
Score 65 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.D34 out of 100Rank 27 of 41Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 33Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D30 out of 100Rank 33 of 41Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.A95 out of 100Rank 1 of 41Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A78 out of 100Rank 8 of 41Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.A88 out of 100Rank 3 of 41
Our read on TIP
BThe 2003-vintage TIPS fund: roughly 50 inflation-linked Treasuries, tracked tightly and traded heavily. You pay up for that depth, because cheaper TIPS wrappers now exist.
The fund seeks to track an index of inflation-protected U.S. Treasury bonds, providing fixed-income exposure and a potential hedge against inflation.
Why people hold it
- Owns the inflation-linked Treasury market straight: about 50 TIPS, where the hedge is built into the bonds themselves rather than layered on with derivatives.ishares.com
- A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively and stays very close to its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index.
- Trading since 2003, one of the longest-tenured inflation-linked bond funds on the market, with a large iShares fixed-income operation behind it.
Worth knowing
- At 0.18% a year it runs above the median Treasury fund in its group, and SCHP covers similar TIPS ground for 0.03%.
- Inflation protection is not price protection. The index spans the full TIPS curve, including long maturities, so rising real yields drag on the share price.ishares.com
- Payouts arrive on an irregular schedule and move with inflation accruals, so income here behaves less like a steady coupon than a nominal bond fund's.
TIP Holdings
- Bonds
- 50
- 36%
- Treasury (Cpi) Note 1.88% 07/15/2035
Sectors
- Treasuries100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
TIP Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
TIP$9,782
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | TIP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.7% |
| 1 month | −1.3% |
| 3 months | −2.6% |
| 1 year | −2.2% |
| 3 years | +3.9% |
| 5 years | −0.2% |
| 10 years | +2.1% |
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 | TIP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.7% | |
| 2025 | +6.8% | |
| 2024 | +1.7% | |
| 2023 | +3.8% | |
| 2022 | −12.2% | |
| 2021 | +5.7% | |
| 2020 | +10.8% |
TIP in the news
The Big Picture
The Fed hiked. The 30-year yield fell 1 basis point
TIP Dividends
- 4.50%
- $4.71
- $0.78 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
TIP Risk
- 4.4%
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.
- −0.21
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.
- −14.5%
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.
- 0.69
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
TIP Cost
0.18%
TIP0.18%
- The middle half of TIPS funds
- Median 0.10%
27 of the 41 TIPS funds charge less.
Other funds in TIPS
- BTIPBNorthern Trust 2035 Inflation-Linked Distributing Ladder ETFExpense ratio 0.10%1 year return −0.4%
- BTIPXState Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return −0.6%
- BDFIPDimensional - Inflation-Protected Securities ETFExpense ratio 0.11%1 year return −2.5%
- BIBIIiShares iBonds Oct 2032 Term TIPS ETFExpense ratio 0.10%1 year return −1.8%
- BGTIPGoldman Sachs Access Inflation Protected USD Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.12%1 year return −2.1%