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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +2.9% and RSP returned +14.8%, so RSP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, HYG or RSP?

HYG charges 0.49% a year and RSP charges 0.20%, so RSP 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 RSP: how they differ

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

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYG and RSP 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 RSP
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.68%	Moderna Inc 0.58%
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.56%	Veeva Systems Inc 0.31%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.47%	Zebra Technologies Corp 0.31%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.35%	Marathon Petroleum Corp 0.29%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.29%	Valero Energy Corp 0.29%
GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.28%	Charles River Laboratories International 0.28%
PANTHER ESCROW ISSUER LLC 144A 0.28%	Phillips 66 0.28%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.28%	Salesforce Inc 0.28%

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 RSP on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Invesco
What it is	US high yield bonds	S&P 500 equal weight
Total return, 1 year	+2.9%	+14.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.6 pts	−2.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.20%
Holdings	1326	506

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.

RSP in plain words

RSP is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 equal weight. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +14.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 506 positions, with the top ten at 3.2%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYG or RSP?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +2.9% and RSP returned +14.8%, so RSP returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYG or RSP?: HYG charges 0.49% a year and RSP charges 0.20%, so RSP is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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