Which returned more over the last year, IYW or PULS?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYW returned +34.9% and PULS returned +4.2%, so IYW returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, IYW or PULS?

IYW charges 0.37% a year and PULS charges 0.15%, so PULS 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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IYW vs PULS: how they differ

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

iShares U.S. Technology ETF and PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IYW and PULS 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 IYW	Only in PULS
NVIDIA CORPORATION 16.25%	PGIM ETF Trust 2.38%
APPLE INC. 13.65%	GLENCORE FUNDING LLC 0.98%
ALPHABET INC. 7.84%	Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 0.87%
ALPHABET INC. 6.34%	ABN AMRO BANK NV 0.75%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 3.99%	BX TRUST 2022-LBA6 0.68%
BROADCOM INC. 3.78%	FEDERATION DES CAISSES DESJARDINS DU QUE 0.67%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. 3.50%	BX TRUST 2018-BILT 0.56%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 2.98%	BROADCOM INC 0.56%

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 and May 29, 2026.

IYW and PULS on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IYW iShares U.S. Technology ETF	PULS PGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	PGIM
What it is	U.S. Technology	PGIM Ultra Short Bond
Total return, 1 year	+34.9%	+4.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+17.4 pts	−13.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.15%
Holdings	139	553

IYW in plain words

IYW is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +34.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 139 positions, with the top ten at 63.7%.

PULS in plain words

PULS is a cash and treasury bills tracking the PGIM Ultra Short Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYW or PULS?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYW returned +34.9% and PULS returned +4.2%, so IYW returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IYW or PULS?: IYW charges 0.37% a year and PULS charges 0.15%, so PULS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IYW against PULS, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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