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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHY returned +1.7% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so SHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SHY or VCSH?

SHY charges 0.15% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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SHY vs VCSH: how they differ

SHY and VCSH hold 0% of their weight in the same names.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SHY and VCSH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in SHY	Only in VCSH
USD CASH 0.88%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.85%
TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.80%	Bank of America Corp 0.24%
TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.76%	AbbVie Inc 0.21%
TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.58%	CVS Health Corp 0.21%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.26%	T-Mobile USA Inc 0.20%
TREASURY NOTE 0.06%	Boeing Co/The 0.20%
	Wells Fargo & Co 0.18%
	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.18%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

SHY and VCSH on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF	VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	1-3 Year Treasury Bond	Short-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+1.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.8 pts	−15.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.03%
Holdings	93	2999

SHY in plain words

SHY is a bond fund tracking the 1-3 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

VCSH in plain words

VCSH is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SHY or VCSH?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHY returned +1.7% and VCSH returned +1.6%, so SHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SHY or VCSH?: SHY charges 0.15% a year and VCSH charges 0.03%, so VCSH is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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SHY against VCSH, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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