ETF comparison
IEF vs SHY
US Treasury (Intermediate) vs US Treasury (Short).
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
0 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of IEF and SHY would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.15% vs 0.15%).
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with IEF vs SHY.
Top shared holdings
0 shared in totalNo shared holdings between these funds.
Only in IEF
15 total- United States of America 9.54%
- United States of America 8.78%
- United States of America 8.75%
- United States of America 8.73%
- United States of America 8.71%
- United States of America 8.63%
- United States of America 8.53%
- United States of America 8.31%
- United States of America 8.22%
- United States of America 6.73%
Only in SHY
89 total- United States of America 1.96%
- United States of America 1.84%
- United States of America 1.71%
- United States of America 1.60%
- United States of America 1.60%
- United States of America 1.52%
- United States of America 1.48%
- United States of America 1.45%
- United States of America 1.43%
- United States of America 1.40%
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More comparisons with IEF
- IEF vs TIP · iShares TIPS Bond ETF 0.0%
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- IEF vs VGLT · Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- IEF vs VGSH · Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- IEF vs VTIP · Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- IEF vs VGIT · Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares 23.2%
More comparisons with SHY
- SHY vs IEI · iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- SHY vs IGIB · iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- SHY vs IGLB · iShares 10+ Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- SHY vs IGOV · iShares International Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- SHY vs IGSB · iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- SHY vs ITM · VanEck Intermediate Muni ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.