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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 VLUE: how they differ

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

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and VLUE 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 VLUE
1261229 BC LTD 0.48%MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 11.63%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%INTEL CORPORATION 9.29%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 4.97%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%APPLIED MATERIALS, INC. 3.67%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY 3.16%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2.66%
ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%AT&T INC. 2.53%
HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.26%CITIGROUP INC. 1.94%

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 VLUE on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
USHY
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
VLUE
iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesiShares
What it isBroad USD High Yield Corporate BondMSCI USA Value Factor
Total return, 1 year+3.3%+69.4%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−14.2 pts+51.9 pts
Expense ratio0.08%0.15%
Holdings1894148

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.

VLUE in plain words

VLUE is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +69.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 43.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or VLUE?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VLUE returned +69.4%, so VLUE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or VLUE?
USHY charges 0.08% a year and VLUE charges 0.15%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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USHY against VLUE, 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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