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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +2.9% and VHT returned +21.6%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, HYG or VHT?

HYG charges 0.49% a year and VHT charges 0.09%, so VHT 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 VHT: how they differ

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

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and Vanguard Health Care Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYG and VHT 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 VHT
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.68%	Eli Lilly & Co 14.07%
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.56%	Johnson & Johnson 8.48%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.47%	AbbVie Inc 6.10%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.35%	UnitedHealth Group Inc 5.46%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.29%	Merck & Co Inc 4.67%
GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.28%	Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc 2.93%
PANTHER ESCROW ISSUER LLC 144A 0.28%	Amgen Inc 2.87%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.28%	Gilead Sciences Inc 2.64%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

HYG and VHT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	VHT Vanguard Health Care Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	US high yield bonds	Health Care
Total return, 1 year	+2.9%	+21.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.6 pts	+4.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.09%
Holdings	1326	401

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.

VHT in plain words

VHT is an index equity fund tracking the Health Care. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 86% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 401 positions, with the top ten at 52.0%. It sat 5.7% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYG or VHT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +2.9% and VHT returned +21.6%, so VHT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYG or VHT?: HYG charges 0.49% a year and VHT charges 0.09%, so VHT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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