iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY)
Short Treasuries ETF
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) is a Short Treasuries ETF from iShares. As of October 23, 2026, SHY closed at $81.50. It charges a 0.15% expense ratio, or $15 a year per $10,000 invested. Including dividends it returned +1.7% over the past year and +1.9% a year over five years.
- Assets under management: $26.3 billion
- Dividend yield: 3.62%
- Annualized return since 2002: 2.0%
- Worst peak-to-trough drop: -6%
SHY price chart
1Y price change: -1.9% (price only; total returns below include dividends)
| Total return | 1M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | MAX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHY | +0.8% | +1.1% | +1.7% | +4.0% | +1.9% | +1.7% | +2.0% |
Dividends reinvested. 3Y and longer are annualized; MAX is annualized since 2002.
SHY key facts
- Expense ratio
- 0.15%
- $15/yr per $10K
- Assets (AUM)
- $26.3B
- Dividend yield
- 3.62%
- Annualized return
- 2.0%
- since 2002
- Volatility
- 2%
- annualized
- Max drawdown
- -6%
- 52-week range
- $80.95 – $83.20
- Fund family
- iShares
SHY dividend
- Dividend yield
- 3.62%
- Annual dividend
- $2.95
- Years of increases
- —
- 5-yr dividend growth
- 47.9%
- per year
- Payments per year
- 12
Regular dividends per share by calendar year; special dividends excluded. Current year omitted until complete.
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SHY news
- Bond Yields Turn Around, But Stocks Don’t Follow · Oct 1, 2026
- The Government Spends About $5.5 Billion a Day More Than It Takes In. The Debt Has Doubled in 10 Years. Jaime Dimon This the Situation Could Get Much Worse. · Oct 21, 2026
- Paying a Grandchild’s Tuition at 71? Every Payment Comes Out of a Portfolio That Still Has to Last. These 3 ETFs Fund It on a Schedule · Oct 20, 2026
- Bad News for Trump. The US Is In Its Worst Bond Crisis Since Alexander Hamilton Was Leading the Treasury · Oct 16, 2026
- BlackRock Says the Market Has the Fed Wrong. It’s Buying Treasuries With Yields Above 5% · Oct 13, 2026
SHY ETF FAQ
What is SHY's expense ratio?
SHY has an expense ratio of 0.15%: $15 a year on a $10,000 investment.
What is SHY's dividend yield?
SHY yields 3.62% based on its trailing distributions of $2.95 per share.
What is SHY's historical return?
With dividends reinvested, SHY returned +1.7% over one year, +1.9% a year over five years, +1.7% a year over ten years through October 23, 2026.
How much can SHY fall?
SHY's largest peak-to-trough decline since 2002 was -6%. Past drawdowns don't cap future ones.
Sources: fund data and prices from Yahoo Finance (delayed); FI Handbook calculations. Last close October 23, 2026.