Which returned more over the last year, SHV or VOO?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHV returned +3.6% and VOO +13.7%.

Which is cheaper, SHV or VOO?

VOO 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.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

SHV vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SHV returned +3.6% to VOO's +13.7%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $21.7bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF, and $1.0tn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.

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At a glance

+3.6%

SHV total return, 1 year

+13.7%

VOO total return, 1 year

0.15%

SHV expense ratio

0.03%

VOO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOO costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.1 points; VOO is far larger, $1.0tn against $22.8bn.

SHV vs VOO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SHV	VOO
Return
Measure	SHV	VOO
Total return, 1 year	+3.6%	+13.7%
Benchmark
Measure	SHV	VOO
What it tracks	ICE Short US Treasury Securities Index	S&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Measure	SHV	VOO
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$22.8bn	$1.0tn
Holdings
Measure	SHV	VOO
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		39.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SHV and VOO hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first SHV VOO

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Only in SHV

TREASURY BILL 4.98%

TREASURY BILL 4.17%

TREASURY BILL 3.90%

TREASURY BILL 3.72%

TREASURY BILL 3.58%

TREASURY BILL 3.48%

TREASURY BILL 3.35%

TREASURY BILL 3.31%

Only in VOO

NVIDIA Corp 8.40%

Apple Inc 7.39%

Microsoft Corp 5.79%

Amazon.com Inc 3.72%

Alphabet Inc 3.07%

Broadcom Inc 2.54%

Alphabet Inc 2.46%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.43%

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Side by side

SHV iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of 0-1 Year Treasury Bond Tracks the S&P 500

Total return, 1 year +3.6% +13.7%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.03%

Holdings 66 507

Net assets, SHV as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOO as of Sep 30, 2026 $21.7bn $1.0tn

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

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About each fund

SHV

SHV tracks an index of 0-1 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +3.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

VOO

VOO tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 507 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SHV or VOO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHV returned +3.6% and VOO +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, SHV or VOO?: VOO 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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Where to next

SHV on its own →VOO on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →SHV dividend history →SHV holdings →VOO dividend history →VOO holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

SHV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SHV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SHV ↗

VOO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VOO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VOO ↗

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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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