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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQQM returned +15.2% and SHY +1.6%.

Which is cheaper, QQQM or SHY?

Neither: QQQM and SHY both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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QQQM vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, QQQM returned +15.2% to SHY's +1.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $110.4bn for Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF and $27.4bn for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+15.2%

QQQM total return, 1 year

+1.6%

SHY total return, 1 year

0.15%

QQQM expense ratio

0.15%

SHY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.15% a year; their one-year returns differ by 13.6 points; QQQM is 4.0 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

QQQM vs SHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	QQQM	SHY
Return
Measure	QQQM	SHY
Total return, 1 year	+15.2%	+1.6%
Drawdown
Measure	QQQM	SHY
Below its high	4.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	QQQM	SHY
What it tracks	Nasdaq-100 Index	ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	QQQM	SHY
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$110.4bn	$27.4bn
Holdings
Measure	QQQM	SHY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	96%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	46.7%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, QQQM 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 QQQM SHY

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Only in QQQM

NVIDIA Corp 8.17%

Apple Inc 7.88%

Microsoft Corp 6.14%

Micron Technology Inc 4.50%

Amazon.com Inc 4.25%

Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.93%

Tesla Inc 3.33%

Alphabet Inc 2.93%

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

QQQM Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Invesco iShares

What it is Tracks the Nasdaq-100 Tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond

Total return, 1 year +15.2% +1.6%

Its benchmark over the same days +15.2% (QQQ) +1.7% (BBSB)

Gap to its benchmark 0.0 pts vs QQQ −0.1 pts vs BBSB

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.15%

Holdings 105 90

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $110.4bn $27.4bn

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

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About each fund

QQQM

QQQM tracks the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.2% with distributions reinvested, against +15.2% for its benchmark, the Nasdaq-100 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 46.7%. It sat 4.5% 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.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, QQQM or SHY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQQM returned +15.2% and SHY +1.6%.
Which is cheaper, QQQM or SHY?: Neither: QQQM and SHY both charge 0.15% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

QQQM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

QQQM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for QQQM ↗

SHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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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