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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYG returned +17.9% and USHY returned +3.3%, so SPYG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SPYG or USHY?

SPYG charges 0.04% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so SPYG 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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SPYG vs USHY: how they differ

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

State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) Growth ETF and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPYG 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 SPYG	Only in USHY
NVIDIA Corp 13.66%	1261229 BC LTD 0.48%
Microsoft Corp 7.81%	ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%
Apple Inc 5.99%	QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%
Alphabet Inc 5.91%	SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%
Broadcom Inc 5.04%	CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%
Alphabet Inc 4.71%	WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%
Micron Technology Inc 3.67%	ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.49%	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.

SPYG and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SPYG State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio S&P 500(R) Growth ETF	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	iShares
What it is	SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+0.4 pts	−14.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.04%	0.08%
Holdings	147	1894

SPYG in plain words

SPYG is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 147 positions, with the top ten at 56.4%.

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, SPYG or USHY?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPYG returned +17.9% and USHY returned +3.3%, so SPYG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SPYG or USHY?: SPYG charges 0.04% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so SPYG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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