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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and SHY +1.6%.

Which is cheaper, IXUS or SHY?

IXUS is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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IXUS vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IXUS returned +14.1% to SHY's +1.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $57.6bn for iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF and $27.4bn for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+14.1%

IXUS total return, 1 year

+1.6%

SHY total return, 1 year

0.07%

IXUS expense ratio

0.15%

SHY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IXUS costs 0.08 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 12.5 points; IXUS is 2.1 times larger.

IXUS vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IXUS	SHY
Return
Measure	IXUS	SHY
Total return, 1 year	+14.1%	+1.6%
Drawdown
Measure	IXUS	SHY
Below its high	4.9%, high on Sep 4, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IXUS	SHY
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI	ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	IXUS	SHY
Expense ratio	0.07%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$57.6bn	$27.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IXUS	SHY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	13.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, IXUS 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 IXUS SHY

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IXUS

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 4.39%

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD 1.90%

ASML HOLDING 1.53%

SK HYNIX 1.35%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.82%

SHELL 0.73%

TENCENT HOLDINGS 0.73%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.72%

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

IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock 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 Total International Stock Tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +14.1% +1.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +14.3% (ACWX) +1.7% (BBSB)

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

Expense ratio 0.07% 0.15%

Holdings 4584 90

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $57.6bn $27.4bn

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

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About each fund

IXUS

IXUS tracks the MSCI Total International Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 4,584 positions, with the top ten at 13.5%. It sat 4.9% below its high of Sep 4, 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, IXUS or SHY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IXUS returned +14.1% and SHY +1.6%.
Which is cheaper, IXUS or SHY?: IXUS is cheaper, by 0.08 percentage points a year. That is about $8 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

IXUS and SHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IXUS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IXUS ↗

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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