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ITOT vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ITOT returned +13.4% to SHY's +1.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $97.1bn for iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF and $27.4bn for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

ITOT on its own →SHY on its own →
At a glance
+13.4%
ITOT total return, 1 year
+1.6%
SHY total return, 1 year
0.03%
ITOT expense ratio
0.15%
SHY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ITOT costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.8 points; ITOT is 3.5 times larger.

ITOT vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureITOTSHY
Return
Total return, 1 year+13.4%+1.6%
Benchmark
What it tracksS&P Total Market Index (TMI)ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.03%0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$97.1bn$27.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund33.9%

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

What they share

0%

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

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ITOT SHY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in ITOT
NVIDIA 7.06%
APPLE 6.78%
MICROSOFT 5.28%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.32%
ALPHABET CLASS A 2.52%
BROADCOM INC 2.18%
ALPHABET CLASS C 2.02%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.83%
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

ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market Tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond
Total return, 1 year +13.4% +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 0.03% 0.15%
Holdings 2443 90
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $97.1bn $27.4bn

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

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About each fund
ITOT

ITOT tracks the S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,443 positions, with the top ten at 33.9%.

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, ITOT or SHY?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ITOT returned +13.4% and SHY +1.6%.
Which is cheaper, ITOT or SHY?
ITOT is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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ITOT on its own →SHY on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →ITOT dividend history →ITOT holdings →SHY dividend history →SHY holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
ITOT and SHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
ITOT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for ITOT ↗
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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