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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and SHY +1.6%.

Which is cheaper, IWF or SHY?

SHY 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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IWF vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IWF returned +0.9% to SHY's +1.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $124.7bn for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF and $27.4bn for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

+1.6%

SHY total return, 1 year

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

0.15%

SHY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SHY costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.7 points; IWF is 4.6 times larger.

IWF vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IWF	SHY
Return
Measure	IWF	SHY
Total return, 1 year	+0.9%	+1.6%
Drawdown
Measure	IWF	SHY
Below its high	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IWF	SHY
What it tracks	Russell 1000 Growth Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	IWF	SHY
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$124.7bn	$27.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IWF	SHY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	57.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IWF 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 IWF SHY

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Only in IWF

NVIDIA 15.30%

APPLE 8.18%

MICROSOFT 5.94%

ALPHABET CLASS A 5.62%

BROADCOM INC 4.79%

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.53%

TESLA INC 3.58%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.36%

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

IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the Russell 1000 growth Tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +0.9% +1.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +1.1% (VONG) +1.7% (BBSB)

Gap to its benchmark −0.2 pts vs VONG −0.1 pts vs BBSB

Expense ratio 0.18% 0.15%

Holdings 374 90

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $124.7bn $27.4bn

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

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About each fund

IWF

IWF tracks the Russell 1000 growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.9% with distributions reinvested, against +1.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 374 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 4.8% 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, IWF or SHY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +0.9% and SHY +1.6%.
Which is cheaper, IWF or SHY?: SHY 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

IWF and SHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWF ↗

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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