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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGIB returned −1.8% and SHY +1.6%.

Which is cheaper, IGIB or SHY?

IGIB is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IGIB vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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On Aug 31, 2026 IGIB's duration was 5.9 years and SHY's 1.8; IGIB charges 0.04% to SHY's 0.15%.

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Net assets: $19.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF, and $27.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−1.8%

IGIB total return, 1 year

+1.6%

SHY total return, 1 year

0.04%

IGIB expense ratio

0.15%

SHY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IGIB costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.4 points; SHY is 1.4 times larger.

IGIB vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IGIB	SHY
Return
Measure	IGIB	SHY
Total return, 1 year	−1.8%	+1.6%
Drawdown
Measure	IGIB	SHY
Below its high	3.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IGIB	SHY
What it tracks	ICE BofA 5-10 Year US Corporate Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	IGIB	SHY
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$19.5bn	$27.3bn
Holdings
Measure	IGIB	SHY
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Aug 31, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Jan 19, 2007 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,031 weekly returns

IGIB SHY

Return

Total return edge IGIB +104.0% +44.5%

Annualized edge IGIB +3.7% +1.9%

Price return edge SHY (slight) +1.8% +1.9%

Risk

Volatility edge SHY 6.0% 1.4%

Max drawdown edge SHY −20.0% −5.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IGIB 0.37 0.20

Sortino edge IGIB 0.49 0.30

Calmar edge SHY 0.18 0.34

Reading

IGIB returned more: +104.0% to +44.5%. SHY swung less: 1.4% to 6.0%. SHY fell less at its worst: −5.6% to −20.0%.

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Risk and return: IGIB vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IGIB	SHY	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+104.0%	+44.5%	IGIB	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+3.7%	+1.9%	IGIB	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+1.8%	+1.9%	SHY (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	6.0%	1.4%	SHY	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	4.4%	0.9%	SHY	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−20.0%	−5.6%	SHY	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.37	0.20	IGIB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.49	0.30	IGIB	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.18	0.34	SHY	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,031 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IGIB and SHY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Aug 31, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IGIB SHY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IGIB

Meta Platforms Inc, due Nov 15, 2035 0.22%

Amazon.com Inc, due Mar 13, 2036 0.22%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp, due Jul 15, 2036 0.20%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, due Feb 1, 2036 0.20%

Meta Platforms Inc, due May 15, 2036 0.19%

Bank of America Corp, due Apr 25, 2034 0.19%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp, due Jul 15, 2033 0.19%

Bank of America Corp, due Jan 23, 2035 0.19%

Only in SHY

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 30, 2028 1.97%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jan 31, 2028 1.71%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jun 30, 2028 1.61%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Apr 30, 2029 1.51%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 31, 2029 1.49%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2027 1.48%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Jun 30, 2029 1.47%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Feb 15, 2028 1.40%

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Side by side

IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond Tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year −1.8% +1.6%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +1.7% (BBSB)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.1 pts vs BBSB

Expense ratio 0.04% 0.15%

Holdings 3064 90

Net assets, IGIB as of Oct 28, 2026 and SHY as of Oct 27, 2026 $19.5bn $27.4bn

IGIB and SHY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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IGIB and SHY do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. IGIB follows ICE BofA 5-10 Year US Corporate Index and SHY follows ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Aug 31, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 IGIB returned −1.8% and SHY +1.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 3.4 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

IGIB

IGIB tracks an index of 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. It sat 3.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

SHY

SHY tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested, against +1.7% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IGIB or SHY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGIB returned −1.8% and SHY +1.6%.
Which is cheaper, IGIB or SHY?: IGIB is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

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IGIB and SHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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