Which returned more over the last year, IJT or SHV?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJT returned +15.4% and SHV +3.6%.

Which is cheaper, IJT or SHV?

SHV is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IJT vs SHV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IJT returned +15.4% to SHV's +3.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $7.5bn for iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF and $21.7bn for iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+15.4%

IJT total return, 1 year

+3.6%

SHV total return, 1 year

0.18%

IJT expense ratio

0.15%

SHV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SHV costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.8 points; SHV is 2.9 times larger.

IJT vs SHV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IJT	SHV
Return
Measure	IJT	SHV
Total return, 1 year	+15.4%	+3.6%
Drawdown
Measure	IJT	SHV
Below its high	8.2%, high on Aug 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IJT	SHV
What it tracks	S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index	ICE Short US Treasury Securities Index
Cost and size
Measure	IJT	SHV
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$7.5bn	$21.7bn
Holdings
Measure	IJT	SHV
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	9.6%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IJT and SHV 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 IJT SHV

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IJT

VIASAT INC 1.18%

PROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS 1.11%

RYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES REIT 1.10%

TG THERAPEUTICS 0.97%

ETSY 0.91%

ALKERMES 0.90%

GLAUKOS 0.90%

ZURN ELKAY WATER SOLUTIONS CORP 0.88%

Only in SHV

TREASURY BILL 4.98%

TREASURY BILL 4.17%

TREASURY BILL 3.90%

TREASURY BILL 3.72%

TREASURY BILL 3.58%

TREASURY BILL 3.48%

TREASURY BILL 3.35%

TREASURY BILL 3.31%

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Side by side

IJT iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth ETF SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth Tracks an index of 0-1 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +15.4% +3.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.6% (SLYG) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs SLYG not measured

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.15%

Holdings 369 66

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $7.5bn $21.7bn

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

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About each fund

IJT

IJT tracks the S&P Small-Cap 600 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.4% with distributions reinvested, against +15.6% for its benchmark, the S&P SmallCap 600 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 369 positions, with the top ten at 9.6%. It sat 8.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

SHV

SHV tracks an index of 0-1 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IJT or SHV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IJT returned +15.4% and SHV +3.6%.
Which is cheaper, IJT or SHV?: SHV is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

IJT and SHV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IJT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IJT ↗

SHV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SHV ↗

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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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