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SHY vs AGG

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF vs iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

SHY

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Annual cost

0.15%

Fund size

$25.4B

AGG

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Annual cost

0.03%

Fund size

$136.5B

Key differences

Both SHY and AGG are fixed income ETFs. SHY charges 0.15% a year and AGG 0.03%. The main difference: AGG costs 0.12% less per year.

  • AGG costs 0.12% less per year.
  • AGG is much larger than SHY. Larger funds are usually more liquid and less likely to close.

Side-by-side comparison

SHYAGG
Annual cost (TER)0.15%0.03%
Fund size (AUM)$25.4B$136.5B
Since20022003
Dividend yield3.71%3.96%
Asset classfixed incomefixed income
Regionnorth americanorth america
Strategyindex trackingindex tracking
CAGR 1Y+3.3%+4.9%
CAGR 3Y+4.1%+4.2%
CAGR 5Y+1.7%+0.2%
Sharpe 3Y0.290.13
Volatility 1Y1.33%3.82%
Max drawdown-5.71%-18.43%

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