iSharesShort GovernmentSHY · Nasdaq

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY)

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Price: $81.37; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $25.9B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.15%; Category 0.52%
Yield: 3.63%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 1.7%-0.2%; Category 1.9%
3Y CAGR: 4.0%-0.2%; Category 4.2%
5Y CAGR: 1.8%-0.2%; Category 2.0%

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iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-0.4%	0.0%	+0.4%	+0.6%	+1.7%	+4.0%	+1.8%	+1.7%	+2.0%
Short Government average	-0.4%	0.0%	0.4%	0.7%	1.9%	4.2%	2.0%	1.9%	2.7%
Difference	0.0%	0.0%	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.2%	-0.2%	-0.2%	-0.2%	-0.7%

Holdings

Allocation as last published by the fund.

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

US government99.3%
AA100.0%

Asset mix

Bonds99.3%
Cash0.8%

ETF details

Issuer: iShares
Category: Fixed Income · Short Government
Ticker: SHY
Exchange: Nasdaq
Inception: 22 Jul 2002 (24.1 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.15% (category 0.52%)
Holdings turnover: 57% (category 192%)
Distribution yield: 3.63%
Beta, 3 years: 0.22
Total net assets: $25.9B
Average duration: 3.14 years
Average maturity: 9.78 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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