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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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SHV vs VYM: how they differ

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

iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF and Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SHV and VYM 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 SHVOnly in VYM
United States of America 17.17%Broadcom Inc 8.07%
United States of America 12.38%JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.36%
United States of America 9.88%Exxon Mobil Corp 2.73%
United States of America 8.60%Johnson & Johnson 2.31%
United States of America 8.55%Caterpillar Inc 1.73%
United States of America 8.38%AbbVie Inc 1.57%
United States of America 6.85%Cisco Systems Inc 1.52%
United States of America 6.81%Chevron Corp 1.51%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

SHV and VYM on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SHV
iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
VYM
Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it is0-1 Year Treasury BondUS high dividend
Total return, 1 year+3.6%+17.6%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−13.9 pts+0.1 pts
Expense ratio0.15%0.04%
Holdings13608

SHV in plain words

SHV is a bond fund tracking the 0-1 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.6% 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.

VYM in plain words

VYM is an index equity fund tracking the US high dividend. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 608 positions, with the top ten at 25.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SHV or VYM?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHV returned +3.6% and VYM returned +17.6%, so VYM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SHV or VYM?
SHV charges 0.15% a year and VYM charges 0.04%, so VYM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SHV against VYM, 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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