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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 XLY: how they differ

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

iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF and State Street(R) Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SHV and XLY 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 XLY
United States of America 17.17%Amazon.com Inc 22.24%
United States of America 12.38%Tesla Inc 19.66%
United States of America 9.88%Home Depot Inc/The 5.83%
United States of America 8.60%McDonald's Corp 4.16%
United States of America 8.55%TJX Cos Inc/The 3.93%
United States of America 8.38%Booking Holdings Inc 3.44%
United States of America 6.85%Lowe's Cos Inc 3.08%
United States of America 6.81%Starbucks Corp 2.90%

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.

SHV and XLY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
SHV
iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF
XLY
State Street(R) Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesState Street
What it is0-1 Year Treasury BondConsumer discretionary
Total return, 1 year+3.6%−4.1%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−13.9 pts−21.6 pts
Expense ratio0.15%0.08%
Holdings1347

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.

XLY in plain words

XLY is an index equity fund tracking the Consumer discretionary. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −4.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 47 positions, with the top ten at 69.2%. It sat 8.9% below its high of Jan 12, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SHV or XLY?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHV returned +3.6% and XLY returned −4.1%, so SHV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SHV or XLY?
SHV charges 0.15% a year and XLY charges 0.08%, so XLY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SHV against XLY, 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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