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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and USMV returned +6.6%, so USMV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, USHY or USMV?

USHY charges 0.08% a year and USMV charges 0.15%, 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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USHY vs USMV: how they differ

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

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and USMV 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 USHY	Only in USMV
1261229 BC LTD 0.48%	CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1.81%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%	NVIDIA CORPORATION 1.64%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%	EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION 1.60%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%	MICROSOFT CORPORATION 1.56%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%	DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION 1.55%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%	THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 1.53%
ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%	AMPHENOL CORPORATION 1.51%
HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.26%	Chubb Limited 1.50%

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.

USHY and USMV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	USMV iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond	MSCI USA Min Vol Factor
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	+6.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	−10.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.15%
Holdings	1894	170

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.

USMV in plain words

USMV is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI USA Min Vol Factor. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +6.6% 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, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 170 positions, with the top ten at 15.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or USMV?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and USMV returned +6.6%, so USMV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or USMV?: USHY charges 0.08% a year and USMV charges 0.15%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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