Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or SHY?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +17.2% and SHY returned +1.7%, so ITOT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, ITOT or SHY?

ITOT charges 0.03% a year and SHY charges 0.15%, so ITOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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ITOT vs SHY: how they differ

ITOT and SHY hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and ITOT returned more over the year.

iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF and iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, ITOT and SHY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in ITOT	Only in SHY
NVIDIA Corp. 6.64%	United States of America 1.97%
Apple, Inc. 5.82%	United States of America 1.86%
Microsoft Corp. 3.80%	United States of America 1.72%
Amazon.com, Inc. 3.20%	United States of America 1.62%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.87%	United States of America 1.61%
Broadcom, Inc. 2.45%	United States of America 1.53%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.29%	United States of America 1.49%
Micron Technology, Inc. 1.78%	United States of America 1.47%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

ITOT and SHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF	SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market	1-3 Year Treasury Bond
Total return, 1 year	+17.2%	+1.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−0.3 pts	−15.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.15%
Holdings	2497	89

ITOT in plain words

ITOT is an index equity fund tracking the Core S&P Total U.S. Stock 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. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2497 positions, with the top ten at 32.2%.

SHY in plain words

SHY is a bond fund tracking the 1-3 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% 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.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ITOT or SHY?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +17.2% and SHY returned +1.7%, so ITOT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or SHY?: ITOT charges 0.03% a year and SHY charges 0.15%, so ITOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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