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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INDA returned −14.2% and SHY +1.6%.

Which is cheaper, INDA or SHY?

SHY is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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INDA vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, INDA returned −14.2% to SHY's +1.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $5.8bn for iShares MSCI India ETF and $27.4bn for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

−14.2%

INDA total return, 1 year

+1.6%

SHY total return, 1 year

0.61%

INDA expense ratio

0.15%

SHY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SHY costs 0.46 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.8 points; SHY is 4.7 times larger.

INDA vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	INDA	SHY
Return
Measure	INDA	SHY
Total return, 1 year	−14.2%	+1.6%
Drawdown
Measure	INDA	SHY
Below its high	20.4%, high on Sep 26, 2024
Benchmark
Measure	INDA	SHY
What it tracks	MSCI India Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	INDA	SHY
Expense ratio	0.61%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$5.8bn	$27.4bn
Holdings
Measure	INDA	SHY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	34.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, INDA 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 INDA SHY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in INDA

HDFC BANK 6.21%

ICICI BANK 5.90%

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD 5.50%

BHARTI AIRTEL LTD 4.44%

INFOSYS 2.83%

AXIS BANK 2.23%

MAHINDRA AND MAHINDRA LTD 1.99%

LARSEN AND TOUBRO LTD 1.97%

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

INDA iShares MSCI India ETF SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI India Tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year −14.2% +1.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +16.3% (EEM) +1.7% (BBSB)

Gap to its benchmark −30.5 pts vs EEM −0.1 pts vs BBSB

Expense ratio 0.61% 0.15%

Holdings 166 90

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $5.8bn $27.4bn

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

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About each fund

INDA

INDA tracks the MSCI India. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −14.2% with distributions reinvested, against +16.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.61% 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 166 positions, with the top ten at 34.8%. It sat 20.4% below its high of Sep 26, 2024 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, INDA or SHY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, INDA returned −14.2% and SHY +1.6%.
Which is cheaper, INDA or SHY?: SHY is cheaper, by 0.46 percentage points a year. That is about $46 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

INDA and SHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

INDA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for INDA ↗

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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