Which returned more over the last year, HYG or ITOT?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +2.9% and ITOT returned +17.2%, so ITOT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, HYG or ITOT?

HYG charges 0.49% a year and ITOT charges 0.03%, so ITOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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HYG vs ITOT: how they differ

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

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYG and ITOT 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 HYG	Only in ITOT
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.68%	NVIDIA 7.32%
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.56%	APPLE 6.63%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.47%	MICROSOFT 5.06%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.35%	AMAZON.COM INC 3.41%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.29%	ALPHABET CLASS A 2.70%
GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.28%	BROADCOM INC 2.37%
PANTHER ESCROW ISSUER LLC 144A 0.28%	ALPHABET CLASS C 2.16%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.28%	META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.96%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

HYG and ITOT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	US high yield bonds	Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market
Total return, 1 year	+2.9%	+17.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.6 pts	−0.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.03%
Holdings	1326	1167

HYG in plain words

HYG is a bond fund tracking the US high yield bonds. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year.

ITOT in plain words

ITOT is an index equity fund tracking the Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1167 positions, with the top ten at 34.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYG or ITOT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +2.9% and ITOT returned +17.2%, so ITOT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYG or ITOT?: HYG charges 0.49% a year and ITOT charges 0.03%, so ITOT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HYG against ITOT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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