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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHY returned +1.6% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, SHY or URTH?

SHY is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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SHY vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SHY returned +1.6% to URTH's +13.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $27.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+1.6%

SHY total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.15%

SHY expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SHY costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.5 points; SHY is 3.1 times larger.

SHY vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	SHY	URTH
Return
Measure	SHY	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+1.6%	+13.1%
Benchmark
Measure	SHY	URTH
What it tracks	ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	SHY	URTH
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.4bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	SHY	URTH
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		69%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		27.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, SHY and URTH 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 SHY URTH

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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%

Only in URTH

APPLE 5.60%

NVIDIA 5.50%

MICROSOFT 4.12%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.69%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.07%

BROADCOM INC 1.70%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.62%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49%

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Side by side

SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +1.6% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +1.7% (BBSB) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs BBSB −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.24%

Holdings 90 1254

Net assets, SHY as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $27.4bn $8.9bn

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

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About each fund

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.

URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SHY or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHY returned +1.6% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, SHY or URTH?: SHY is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

Sources and dates

SHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for SHY ↗

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for URTH ↗

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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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