All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

SHY: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

SHY real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SHY returned −1.74% over the past year and −3.10% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 26, 2002, SHY is down −14.68% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.65%/yr, and is currently −21.44% below its real total-return high on Dec. 30, 2008.

Data ending Fri Sep. 25, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Fri 2026-09-25 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
SHY
×
−14.68%
−0.65%/yr
−0.67%/yr
R2=0.433
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Fri 2026-09-25 Start
Value
End
Value
SHY
×
$10,000.00
2002-07-26
$8,531.94
2026-09-25

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-25

  YTD YoY
SHY
×
−3.10% −1.74%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
SHY
×
−21.44%
on 2026-09-25
from 2008-12-30 peak
−23.78%
on 2023-10-03
from 2008-12-30 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-25 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
SHY
×
−1.74% −1.24%
−0.62%/yr
+2.98%
+0.98%/yr
−10.99%
−2.30%/yr
−15.62%
−1.68%/yr

Annual Returns

Year SHY
2026 (YTD) −3.10%
2025 +2.22%
2024 +1.01%
2023 +0.79%
2022 −9.72%
2021 −7.26%
2020 +1.65%
2019 +1.07%
2018 −0.43%
2017 −1.81%
2016 −1.22%
2015 −0.30%
2014 −0.31%
2013 −1.27%
2012 −1.43%
2011 −1.48%
2010 +0.77%
2009 −2.31%
2008 +6.53%
2007 +3.13%
2006 +1.35%
2005 −1.84%
2004 −2.51%
2003 +0.34%
2002 +1.56%