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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUAL returned +16.0% and USHY returned +3.3%, so QUAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, QUAL or USHY?

QUAL charges 0.15% 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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QUAL vs USHY: how they differ

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

iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QUAL 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 QUAL	Only in USHY
NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.52%	1261229 BC LTD 0.48%
APPLE INC. 6.28%	ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%
MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.05%	QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%
META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.50%	SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%
LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.23%	CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%
THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 3.19%	WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%
VISA INC. 3.09%	ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%
ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 2.92%	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.

QUAL and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor 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	MSCI USA Quality Factor	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+16.0%	+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−1.5 pts	−14.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.08%
Holdings	121	1894

QUAL in plain words

QUAL is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +16.0% 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. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 121 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 13, 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, QUAL or USHY?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QUAL returned +16.0% and USHY returned +3.3%, so QUAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, QUAL or USHY?: QUAL charges 0.15% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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