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SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

SHY tracks the 1-3 Year Treasury Bond and returned +1.7% over the past year.

Bond fund · 1-3 Year Treasury Bond · data as of

Key facts

+1.7%Total return, 1 year
0.15%Expense ratio
89Holdings
−0.6%Below its high

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Period by period

SHY over each window to Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is an ETFIQ calculation. Source: ETFIQ.
WindowTotal returnS&P 500Gap to S&P 500Gap to Nasdaq-100
3 months0.0%+3.3%−3.3 pts+0.8 pts
6 months+0.3%+16.0%−15.7 pts−20.3 pts
1 year+1.7%+17.5%−15.8 pts−21.3 pts
3 years+12.6%+77.9%−65.3 pts−82.5 pts
Since listing+25.1%+804.4%−779.2 pts−1648.8 pts

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.

What it tracks1-3 Year Treasury Bond
Fund typeBond fund
Expense ratio (485BPOS XBRL, Jun 18, 2026)0.15%
Price$81.37
Listed sinceJan 4, 2010
Net assets (SEC filing, whole fund, as filed for May 31, 2026)$25.4bn
Below its high (ETFIQ)−0.6%
Holdings89
Top ten weight16.1%
Holdings as of (SEC N-PORT)May 31, 2026

Questions people ask

How has SHY performed?
Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, SHY returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500. Over three years the figure is +12.6%.
What does SHY cost?
The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.
How far is SHY below its high?
0.6% below its high of Aug 25, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Sep 11, 2026.

Where these figures came from

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SHY, core index fund, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 11, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. ETFIQ is an independent publisher, is not a fund issuer, broker-dealer or investment adviser, and makes no recommendations.

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