Which returned more over the last year, FLHY or HFSI?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLHY returned +2.0% and HFSI −0.7%.

Which is cheaper, FLHY or HFSI?

FLHY is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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FLHY vs HFSI: Differences, Returns & Fees

FLHY's duration was 3.1 years on Jun 30, 2026 and HFSI's 5.2 on Jul 31, 2026; FLHY charges 0.40% to HFSI's 0.49%. Net assets: $1.2bn on Oct 20, 2026 for Franklin High Yield Corporate ETF, and $1.1bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Hartford Strategic Income ETF.

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FLHY costs 0.09 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.7 points.

FLHY vs HFSI: Differences, Returns & Fees
	FLHY	HFSI
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.49%
Net assets, FLHY as of Oct 20, 2026 and HFSI as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.2bn	$1.1bn
Total return, 1 year	+2.0%	−0.7%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	No index, actively managed
Holdings in common	3%
Below its high		3.3%, high on Aug 25, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+2.0%

FLHY total return, 1 year

−0.7%

HFSI total return, 1 year

0.40%

FLHY expense ratio

0.49%

HFSI expense ratio

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FLHY and HFSI are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

Holdings in common. 3% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 FLHY returned +2.0% and HFSI −0.7% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.7 points.
Number of holdings. FLHY holds 289 positions and HFSI holds 965.

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FLHY and HFSI hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FLHY HFSI

UVN 8.875 04/15/33 144A, due Apr 15, 2033 0.40% 0.48%

MCFE 7.375 02/15/30 144A, due Feb 15, 2030 0.35% 0.37%

BLOCKC 10.25 03/01/31 144A, due Mar 1, 2031 0.36% 0.34%

CROSIN 6.5 10/01/30 144A, due Oct 1, 2030 0.31% 0.30%

GCCN 8.75 11/15/29 144A, due Nov 15, 2029 0.29% 0.33%

ASUCOR 8.375 02/01/34 144A, due Feb 1, 2034 0.24% 0.25%

CROSIN 6.75 12/01/32 144A, due Dec 1, 2032 0.23% 0.44%

ACRISU 8.5 06/15/29 144A, due Jun 15, 2029 0.15% 0.27%

FREMOR 8.375 04/01/32 144A, due Apr 1, 2032 0.13% 0.35%

DTV 9.25 06/01/32 144A, due Jun 1, 2032 0.09% 0.44%

ORACLE CORP DEPOSITARY SHARES EACH REPRESENTING A 1/2,000TH INTEREST IN A SHARE OF 6.50% SERIES D MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK 0.10% 0.09%

THS 7.75 02/11/33 144A, due Feb 11, 2033 0.85% 0.07%

Only in FLHY

DVA 4.625 06/01/30 144A, due Jun 1, 2030 0.93%

AROC 6 02/01/34 144A, due Feb 1, 2034 0.89%

PETM 7.5 09/15/32, due Sep 15, 2032 0.83%

APLD 9.25 12/15/30 144A, due Dec 15, 2030 0.83%

KEDRIM 6.5 09/01/29 144A, due Sep 1, 2029 0.81%

PSDO 7.5 06/01/31 144A, due Jun 1, 2031 0.81%

EBIDCO 7.5 02/15/32 XR, due Feb 15, 2032 0.80%

ICECR 6 08/01/32 144a, due Aug 1, 2032 0.80%

Only in HFSI

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2056 6.82%

U.S. Treasury Bills, due Aug 25, 2026 3.95%

Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA, due Aug 1, 2041 2.56%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Nov 15, 2034 2.31%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Sep 15, 2028 2.31%

U.S. Treasury Bonds, due May 15, 2037 1.97%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 31, 2030 1.87%

U.S. Treasury Notes, due Aug 15, 2035 1.86%

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On the same fields

FLHY

Franklin High Yield Corporate ETF

HFSI

Hartford Strategic Income ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Franklin Hartford

What it is Actively managed Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +2.0% −0.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +1.2% (USHY) −1.9% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark +0.8 pts vs USHY +1.3 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.49%

Holdings 289 965

Net assets, FLHY as of Oct 20, 2026 and HFSI as of Jul 31, 2026 $1.2bn $1.1bn

FLHY and HFSI on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About FLHY

FLHY is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +2.0% with distributions reinvested, against +1.2% for its benchmark, the ICE BofA U.S. High Yield Constrained Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

About HFSI

HFSI is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned −0.7% with distributions reinvested, against −1.9% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year. It sat 3.3% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 20, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FLHY or HFSI?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLHY returned +2.0% and HFSI −0.7%.
Which is cheaper, FLHY or HFSI?: FLHY is cheaper, by 0.09 percentage points a year. That is about $9 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

FLHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FLHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Franklin website ↗HFSI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HFSI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Hartford website ↗

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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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