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AOR vs USHY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AOR returned +7.8% to USHY's +1.7%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF, and $26.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

AOR on its own →USHY on its own →
At a glance
+7.8%
AOR total return, 1 year
+1.7%
USHY total return, 1 year
0.15%
AOR expense ratio
0.08%
USHY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

USHY costs 0.07 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 6.1 points; USHY is 6.7 times larger.

AOR vs USHY: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureAORUSHY
Return
Total return, 1 year+7.8%+1.7%
Benchmark
What it tracks60/40 Balanced AllocationICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.15%0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$3.9bn$26.3bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund99.9%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, AOR and USHY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AOR USHY
Only in one fund ↓
Only in AOR
ISHARES CORE S&P ETF TRUST 35.70%
ISHARES CORE UNIV USD BOND ETF 32.15%
ISHARES CORE MSCI INT DEVEL ETF 17.10%
ISHARES CORE MSCI EMERGING MARKETS 6.34%
iShares Core Intl Aggregate Bnd ET 5.81%
ISHARES CORE S&P MID-CAP ETF 1.89%
ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF 0.92%
Only in USHY
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.48%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.40%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.36%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.31%
SOFTBANK GROUP CORP 144A 0.30%
SOFTBANK GROUP CORP 144A 0.29%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP LLC 144A 0.27%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 144A 0.27%
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Side by side

AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits Allocation ETF Bond ETF
Issuer iShares iShares
What it is Tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation Tracks an index of Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year +7.8% +1.7%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.4% (ACWI) +1.8% (SPHY)
Gap to its benchmark −5.6 pts vs ACWI −0.1 pts vs SPHY
Expense ratio 0.15% 0.08%
Holdings 7 1900
Net assets, AOR as of Oct 28, 2026 and USHY as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.9bn $26.3bn

AOR and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
AOR

AOR tracks an index of 60/40 Balanced Allocation. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +7.8% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 7 positions, with the top ten at 99.9%.

USHY

USHY tracks an index of Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +1.8% for its benchmark, the ICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index, measured by the closely related ICE BofA US High Yield Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AOR or USHY?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AOR returned +7.8% and USHY +1.7%.
Which is cheaper, AOR or USHY?
USHY is cheaper, by 0.07 percentage points a year. That is about $7 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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AOR on its own →USHY on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →AOR dividend history →AOR holdings →USHY dividend history →USHY holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
AOR and USHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
AOR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for AOR ↗
USHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for USHY ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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