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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IEF vs SCHB: how they differ

IEF is a bond index fund and SCHB an equity index fund, and over the year SCHB returned more, +17.2% against −2.7%.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF and Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

IEF and SCHB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IEF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
SCHB
Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesSchwab
What it is7-10 Year Treasury BondUS broad market, book from ITOT
Total return, 1 year−2.7%+17.2%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−20.2 pts−0.3 pts
Expense ratio0.15%not published
Holdings15not filed

IEF in plain words

IEF is a bond fund tracking the 7-10 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. It sat 13.3% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

SCHB in plain words

SCHB is an index equity fund tracking the US broad market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IEF or SCHB?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEF returned −2.7% and SCHB returned +17.2%, so SCHB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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IEF against SCHB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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