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 −0.39% over the past year and −2.50% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 26, 2002, SHY is down −14.15% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.64%/yr, and is currently −20.95% below its real total-return high on Dec. 30, 2008.

Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
SHY × 		−2.50%
2026-05-28 		−0.39%
2026-05-28
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
SHY × 		−14.15%
−0.64%/yr 		−0.65%/yr
(R2=0.413)
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 Start
Value 		End
Value
SHY × 		$10,000.00
2002-07-26 		$8,585.16
2026-05-28
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year SHY
2026 (YTD) −2.50%
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%

Drawdowns

Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
SHY × 		−20.95%
from 2008-12-30 peak 		−23.78%
2023-10-03
from 2008-12-30 peak
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-05-28 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
SHY × 		−0.39% +2.70%
+1.34%/yr 		+2.71%
+0.89%/yr 		−12.30%
−2.59%/yr 		−15.10%
−1.62%/yr
iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund