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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGM returned +21.7% and SHY +1.6%.

Which is cheaper, IGM or SHY?

SHY is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IGM vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IGM returned +21.7% to SHY's +1.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $11.0bn for iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF and $27.4bn for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+21.7%

IGM total return, 1 year

+1.6%

SHY total return, 1 year

0.37%

IGM expense ratio

0.15%

SHY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SHY costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 20.1 points; SHY is 2.5 times larger.

IGM vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IGM	SHY
Return
Measure	IGM	SHY
Total return, 1 year	+21.7%	+1.6%
Drawdown
Measure	IGM	SHY
Below its high	6.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IGM	SHY
What it tracks	S&P North American Expanded Technology Sector Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	IGM	SHY
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.0bn	$27.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IGM	SHY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	92%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	56.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IGM and SHY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IGM SHY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IGM

APPLE 9.36%

MICROSOFT 9.19%

NVIDIA 8.28%

BROADCOM INC 7.07%

ALPHABET CLASS A 4.57%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.27%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.16%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.07%

Only in SHY

TREASURY NOTE 2.11%

TREASURY NOTE 1.99%

TREASURY NOTE 1.83%

TREASURY NOTE 1.73%

TREASURY NOTE 1.62%

TREASURY NOTE 1.54%

TREASURY NOTE 1.51%

TREASURY NOTE 1.49%

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Side by side

IGM iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector Tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +21.7% +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 0.37% 0.15%

Holdings 295 90

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.0bn $27.4bn

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

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About each fund

IGM

IGM tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 295 positions, with the top ten at 56.8%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Oct 6, 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, IGM or SHY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IGM returned +21.7% and SHY +1.6%.
Which is cheaper, IGM or SHY?: SHY is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

IGM and SHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IGM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IGM ↗

SHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SHY ↗

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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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