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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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SCHH vs SHY: how they differ

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

Schwab U.S. REIT ETF and iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SCHH 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 SCHHOnly in SHY
Welltower Inc 9.64%United States of America 1.97%
Prologis Inc 8.97%United States of America 1.86%
Equinix Inc 4.89%United States of America 1.72%
Simon Property Group Inc 4.48%United States of America 1.62%
Digital Realty Trust Inc 4.36%United States of America 1.61%
American Tower Corp 4.35%United States of America 1.53%
Realty Income Corp 4.00%United States of America 1.49%
Public Storage 3.41%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 May 31, 2026.

SCHH and SHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SCHH
Schwab U.S. REIT ETF
SHY
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerSchwabiShares
What it isUS REIT1-3 Year Treasury Bond
Total return, 1 year+9.8%+1.7%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−7.7 pts−15.8 pts
Expense ratio0.07%0.15%
Holdings11789

SCHH in plain words

SCHH is an index equity fund tracking the US REIT. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +9.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 74% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 117 positions, with the top ten at 49.8%. It sat 6.7% below its high of Jul 24, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

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, SCHH or SHY?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SCHH returned +9.8% and SHY returned +1.7%, so SCHH returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SCHH or SHY?
SCHH charges 0.07% a year and SHY charges 0.15%, so SCHH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SCHH against SHY, 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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