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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and XLK returned +39.2%, so XLK returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, USHY or XLK?

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

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

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and XLK 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 XLK
1261229 BC LTD 0.48%	NVIDIA Corp 14.66%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%	Apple Inc 12.86%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%	Microsoft Corp 8.38%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%	Micron Technology Inc 5.42%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%	Broadcom Inc 5.41%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%	Advanced Micro Devices Inc 5.28%
ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%	Intel Corp 3.68%
HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.26%	Applied Materials Inc 3.20%

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 XLK on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	XLK State Street(R) Technology 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	Technology
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	+39.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	+21.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.08%
Holdings	1894	74

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.

XLK in plain words

XLK is an index equity fund tracking the Technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +39.2% 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 74 positions, with the top ten at 64.5%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or XLK?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and XLK returned +39.2%, so XLK returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or XLK?: USHY charges 0.08% a year and XLK charges 0.08%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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