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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VHT returned +21.6%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, USHY or VHT?

USHY charges 0.08% a year and VHT charges 0.09%, 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 VHT: how they differ

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

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and Vanguard Health Care Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and VHT 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 VHT
1261229 BC LTD 0.48%	Eli Lilly & Co 14.07%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%	Johnson & Johnson 8.48%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%	AbbVie Inc 6.10%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%	UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.46%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%	Merck & Co Inc 4.67%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%	Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 2.93%
ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%	Amgen Inc 2.87%
HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.26%	Gilead Sciences Inc 2.64%

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 VHT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	VHT Vanguard Health Care Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond	Health Care
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	+21.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	+4.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.09%
Holdings	1894	401

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.

VHT in plain words

VHT is an index equity fund tracking the Health Care. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 401 positions, with the top ten at 52.0%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or VHT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VHT returned +21.6%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or VHT?: USHY charges 0.08% a year and VHT charges 0.09%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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