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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHY returned +1.7% and VLUE returned +69.4%, so VLUE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SHY or VLUE?

SHY charges 0.15% a year and VLUE charges 0.15%, so SHY 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 VLUE: how they differ

SHY and VLUE hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VLUE returned more over the year.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF and iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SHY and VLUE 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 VLUE
USD CASH 0.88%	MICRON TECHNOLOGY 21.65%
TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.80%	CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.14%
TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.76%	GENERAL MOTORS 3.72%
TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.58%	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 3.05%
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.26%	AT&T 2.69%
TREASURY NOTE 0.06%	BANK OF AMERICA 2.15%
	FORD MOTOR CO 1.94%
	COMCAST CLASS A 1.79%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

SHY and VLUE on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF	VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	1-3 Year Treasury Bond	MSCI USA Value Factor
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+69.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.8 pts	+51.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.15%
Holdings	93	148

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.

VLUE in plain words

VLUE is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +69.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 44.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, SHY or VLUE?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SHY returned +1.7% and VLUE returned +69.4%, so VLUE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SHY or VLUE?: SHY charges 0.15% a year and VLUE charges 0.15%, so SHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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