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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHY returned +1.7% and SPY returned +17.5%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SHY or SPY?

SHY charges 0.15% a year and SPY charges 0.09%, so SPY 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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SHY vs SPY: how they differ

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

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF and SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SHY and SPY 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 SHY	Only in SPY
United States of America 1.97%	NVIDIA Corp. 7.52%
United States of America 1.86%	Apple, Inc. 6.59%
United States of America 1.72%	Microsoft Corp. 4.30%
United States of America 1.62%	Amazon.com, Inc. 3.62%
United States of America 1.61%	Alphabet, Inc. 3.25%
United States of America 1.53%	Broadcom, Inc. 2.77%
United States of America 1.49%	Alphabet, Inc. 2.59%
United States of America 1.47%	Micron Technology, Inc. 2.02%

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.

SHY and SPY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF	SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	State Street
What it is	1-3 Year Treasury Bond	S&P 500, book from IVV
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+17.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.8 pts	0.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.09%
Holdings	89	504

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.

SPY in plain words

SPY is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% 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 504 positions, with the top ten at 36.4%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SHY or SPY?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHY returned +1.7% and SPY returned +17.5%, so SPY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SHY or SPY?: SHY charges 0.15% a year and SPY charges 0.09%, so SPY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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