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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and XLF returned +7.6%, so XLF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, USHY or XLF?

USHY charges 0.08% a year and XLF 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 XLF: how they differ

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

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and State Street(R) Financial Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and XLF 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 XLF
1261229 BC LTD 0.48%	Berkshire Hathaway Inc 12.10%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 11.57%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%	Visa Inc 7.51%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%	Mastercard Inc 5.47%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%	Bank of America Corp 4.91%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%	Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The 3.94%
ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%	Wells Fargo & Co 3.34%
HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.26%	Morgan Stanley 3.31%

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 XLF on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	XLF State Street(R) Financial 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	Financials
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	+7.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	−9.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.08%
Holdings	1894	76

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.

XLF in plain words

XLF is an index equity fund tracking the Financials. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +7.6% 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 76 positions, with the top ten at 57.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or XLF?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and XLF returned +7.6%, so XLF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or XLF?: USHY charges 0.08% a year and XLF charges 0.08%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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