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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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USHY vs VGT: how they differ

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

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and VGT 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 USHYOnly in VGT
1261229 BC LTD 0.48%NVIDIA Corp 16.85%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%Apple Inc 14.59%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%Microsoft Corp 9.47%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%Broadcom Inc 4.21%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%Micron Technology Inc 4.21%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.21%
ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%Intel Corp 2.03%
HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.26%Cisco Systems Inc 1.85%

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 31, 2026.

USHY and VGT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
USHY
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
VGT
Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isBroad USD High Yield Corporate BondInformation technology
Total return, 1 year+3.3%+35.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−14.2 pts+17.9 pts
Expense ratio0.08%0.09%
Holdings1894317

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.

VGT in plain words

VGT is an index equity fund tracking the Information technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +35.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 317 positions, with the top ten at 59.5%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or VGT?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VGT returned +35.4%, so VGT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or VGT?
USHY charges 0.08% a year and VGT charges 0.09%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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USHY against VGT, 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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