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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILF returned +17.2% and SHY +1.6%.

Which is cheaper, ILF or SHY?

SHY is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

ILF vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ILF returned +17.2% to SHY's +1.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Latin America 40 ETF, and $27.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+17.2%

ILF total return, 1 year

+1.6%

SHY total return, 1 year

0.47%

ILF expense ratio

0.15%

SHY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SHY costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.6 points; SHY is 7.8 times larger.

ILF vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ILF	SHY
Return
Measure	ILF	SHY
Total return, 1 year	+17.2%	+1.6%
Drawdown
Measure	ILF	SHY
Below its high	13.7%, high on Oct 12, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	ILF	SHY
What it tracks	S&P Latin America 40	ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	ILF	SHY
Expense ratio	0.47%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.5bn	$27.4bn
Holdings
Measure	ILF	SHY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	55.6%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ILF 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 ILF SHY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ILF

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 7.53%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO ADR REPTG PRE 6.95%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING ADR REP PRE 6.61%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO ADR REPTG SA 6.61%

VALE ADR REPRESENTING ONE 6.45%

GRUPO MEXICO B 6.26%

GPO FINANCE BANORTE 4.48%

CREDICORP LTD 3.96%

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

ILF iShares Latin America 40 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 Latin America 40 Tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +17.2% +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 0.47% 0.15%

Holdings 46 90

Net assets, ILF as of Oct 28, 2026 and SHY as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.5bn $27.4bn

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

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About each fund

ILF

ILF tracks an index of Latin America 40. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% 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 46 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%. It sat 13.7% below its high of Oct 12, 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, ILF or SHY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ILF returned +17.2% and SHY +1.6%.
Which is cheaper, ILF or SHY?: SHY is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

ILF and SHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ILF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ILF ↗

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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