Which returned more over the last year, IEF or SCHB?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEF returned −2.7% and SCHB returned +17.2%, so SCHB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

ETFIQetfiq.com · independent ETF data

IEF vs SCHB: how they differ

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

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF and Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IEF and SCHB 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 IEF	Only in SCHB
TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 9.35%	NVIDIA Corp. 6.64%
TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 8.64%	Apple, Inc. 5.82%
TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 3.84%	Microsoft Corp. 3.80%
TREASURY BOND 0.77%	Amazon.com, Inc. 3.20%
TREASURY NOTE 0.52%	Alphabet, Inc. 2.87%
	Broadcom, Inc. 2.45%
	Alphabet, Inc. 2.29%
	Micron Technology, Inc. 1.78%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

IEF and SCHB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF	SCHB Schwab U.S. Broad Market ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Schwab
What it is	7-10 Year Treasury Bond	US broad market
Total return, 1 year	−2.7%	+17.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−20.2 pts	−0.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.15%	not published
Holdings	15	2497

IEF in plain words

IEF is a bond fund tracking the 7-10 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −2.7% 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. It sat 13.3% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

SCHB in plain words

SCHB is an index equity fund tracking the US broad 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. 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%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IEF or SCHB?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IEF returned −2.7% and SCHB returned +17.2%, so SCHB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Other comparisons

Where to next

Where these figures came from

ETFIQ links to the documents behind every figure. It is not affiliated with any issuer, and a link is not an endorsement.

IEF against SCHB, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

Cite this page. ETFIQ, IEF against SCHB, data as of Sep 13, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/ief-vs-schb Free to use with attribution; the underlying files are at Open data.

A comparison is not a recommendation. Standards and sources