# SHY (iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF) iShares · Bond ETFs · Short-term government · data as of Oct 28, 2026 SHY paid $0.241 a share, ex-date Oct 1, 2026, and 3.5% of its price in cash over the year to Oct 28, 2026. Promise check: Delivered. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SHY returned 1.6% against 1.7% for BBSB, which tracks the same ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index. Fees aside, SHY finished 0.02 points behind BBSB. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/ SHY tracks an index of 1-3 Year Treasury Bond and returned +1.6% over the past year. ## Key facts - SHY, total return, 1 year: +1.6%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - SHY, expense ratio: 0.15%, as of Jun 18, 2026. - SHY, holdings: 90, as of Oct 27, 2026. - SHY, below its high: −0.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - SHY, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 3.5%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - SHY, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.241, as of Oct 1, 2026. - SHY, net assets: $27.4bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026). ## SHY over each window to Oct 28, 2026 | Window | Total return | Benchmark (BBSB) | Gap to BBSB | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 month | +0.7% | +0.7% | 0.0 pts | | 3 months | +0.3% | +0.3% | 0.0 pts | | 6 months | +0.7% | +0.7% | 0.0 pts | | Year to date | +1.0% | +1.1% | −0.1 pts | | 1 year | +1.6% | +1.7% | −0.1 pts | | 3 years | +12.5% | +12.9% | −0.4 pts | | 5 years | +10.0% | not available | not available | | 10 years | +18.3% | not available | not available | | Since launch | +59.4% | not available | not available | | Since launch, annualised | +1.9% | – | – | ## SHY key stats - 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $83.18 on Feb 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $81.05 on Oct 2, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $81.47, 20% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Holdings: 90 - Top ten weight: 16.6% ## SHY trading - IQ Liquidity Score 97, Trades like a giant, 94th percentile of 200 bonds ETFs. - Trades like a giant: trades at a typical spread of 0.01%. - $1,000: at least $0.06, 0.006%, one way, half a one-cent tick. - $10,000: at least $0.61, 0.006%, one way, half a one-cent tick. - Full cost to own, 1 year at $10,000: 0.17%, against 0.15% for the fee alone. - Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.01%; 95% of days within ±0.04%. - Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $81.45, that’s $81.46 to buy and $81.44 to sell. - The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/shy/trading/ ## Every published field | Field | Value | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | What it tracks | ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index | ETFIQ | | Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ | | Category | Bonds · Short-term government | ETFIQ | | Expense ratio | 0.15% | 485BPOS XBRL, Jun 18, 2026 | | Price | $81.47 | ETFIQ | | First traded | Jul 26, 2002 | ETFIQ | | Net assets | $27.4bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026 | | Benchmark | ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index, measured by BBSB, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings | | Benchmark named in | its prospectus, 485BPOS, Jun 18, 2026 | ETFIQ | | SHY, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | +1.6% | ETFIQ | | BBSB, the same days | +1.7% | ETFIQ | | Against its benchmark, 1 year | −0.1 pts | ETFIQ | | Below its high | −0.2% | ETFIQ | | Holdings | 90 | ETFIQ | | Top ten weight | 16.6% | ETFIQ | | Holdings published for | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file | | Holdings as of the close of | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file | ## Money in and out, to Oct 23, 2026 | Window | Dates | Net flow | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$16.2m | | 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$949m | | 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$2.1bn | | Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$4.0bn | | 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$3.4bn | Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: . Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows ## Questions ### How has SHY performed? Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SHY returned +1.6% with distributions reinvested, against +1.7% for its benchmark, the ICE U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year Bond Index. Over three years the number is +12.5%. ### What does SHY cost? The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. ### How far is SHY below its high? 0.2% below its high of Aug 25, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026. ### What dividend does SHY pay? SHY pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.241 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026. ### What is the expense ratio of SHY? SHY's expense ratio is 0.15% a year, read from 485BPOS XBRL, Jun 18, 2026. ## Cite this page ETFIQ, SHY, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/shy Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at . 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