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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 VTIP: how they differ

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

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and VTIP 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 VTIP
1261229 BC LTD 0.48%United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.44%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.38%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.36%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.19%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 5.02%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 4.88%
ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 4.87%
HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.26%United States Treasury Inflation Indexed 4.79%

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.

USHY and VTIP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
USHY
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
VTIP
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesVanguard
What it isBroad USD High Yield Corporate BondShort-Term Inflation-Protected Securities
Total return, 1 year+3.3%+1.7%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−14.2 pts−15.8 pts
Expense ratio0.08%0.03%
Holdings189425

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.

VTIP in plain words

VTIP is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or VTIP?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VTIP returned +1.7%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or VTIP?
USHY charges 0.08% a year and VTIP charges 0.03%, so VTIP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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USHY against VTIP, 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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