Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or USHY?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +17.4% and USHY returned +3.3%, so DGRO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, DGRO or USHY?

DGRO charges 0.08% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so DGRO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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DGRO vs USHY: how they differ

DGRO and USHY hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and DGRO returned more over the year.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, DGRO and USHY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in DGRO	Only in USHY
BROADCOM INC 3.25%	1261229 BC LTD 0.48%
JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 3.05%	ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%
APPLE INC 2.94%	QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%
MICROSOFT CORP 2.92%	SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%
EXXON MOBIL CORP 2.91%	CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 2.64%	WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%
ABBVIE INC 2.53%	ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 2.32%	HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.26%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026.

DGRO and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	Core Dividend Growth	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+17.4%	+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−0.1 pts	−14.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.08%
Holdings	394	1894

DGRO in plain words

DGRO is an index equity fund tracking the Core Dividend Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 394 positions, with the top ten at 26.6%.

USHY in plain words

USHY is a bond fund tracking the Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, DGRO or USHY?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DGRO returned +17.4% and USHY returned +3.3%, so DGRO returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, DGRO or USHY?: DGRO charges 0.08% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so DGRO is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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