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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and XLC returned −2.0%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, USHY or XLC?

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

USHY and XLC 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 State Street(R) Communication Services Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and XLC 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 XLC
1261229 BC LTD 0.48%	Meta Platforms Inc 19.93%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%	Alphabet Inc 13.10%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%	Alphabet Inc 10.44%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%	Take-Two Interactive Software Inc 5.26%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%	Netflix Inc 4.84%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%	Comcast Corp 4.71%
ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%	Warner Bros Discovery Inc 4.67%
HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.26%	Electronic Arts Inc 4.64%

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 Jun 30, 2026.

USHY and XLC on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	XLC State Street(R) Communication Services Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	State Street
What it is	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond	Communication services
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	−2.0%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	−19.5 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.08%
Holdings	1894	23

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.

XLC in plain words

XLC is an index equity fund tracking the Communication services. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −2.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 23 positions, with the top ten at 76.2%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Jan 30, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or XLC?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and XLC returned −2.0%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or XLC?: USHY charges 0.08% a year and XLC charges 0.08%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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