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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MOAT returned +11.3% and USHY returned +3.3%, so MOAT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, MOAT or USHY?

MOAT charges 0.46% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so USHY 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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MOAT vs USHY: how they differ

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

VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, MOAT 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 MOAT	Only in USHY
Masco Corp 2.96%	1261229 BC LTD 0.48%
Kenvue Inc 2.59%	ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%
Airbnb Inc 2.56%	QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%
Palo Alto Networks Inc 2.51%	SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%
Brown-Forman Corp 2.49%	CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%
Charles Schwab Corp/The 2.45%	WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%
NVIDIA Corp 2.45%	ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%
Datadog Inc 2.44%	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 and Jun 30, 2026.

MOAT and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	MOAT VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	VanEck	iShares
What it is	Morningstar Wide Moat	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+11.3%	+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−6.2 pts	−14.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.46%	0.08%
Holdings	55	1894

MOAT in plain words

MOAT is an index equity fund tracking the Morningstar Wide Moat. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +11.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.46% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 55 positions, with the top ten at 25.3%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Aug 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

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. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MOAT or USHY?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MOAT returned +11.3% and USHY returned +3.3%, so MOAT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, MOAT or USHY?: MOAT charges 0.46% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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