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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +1.3% and VLUE +54.7%.

Which is cheaper, HYG or VLUE?

VLUE is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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HYG vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYG returned +1.3% to VLUE's +54.7%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $17.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, and $9.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

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At a glance

+1.3%

HYG total return, 1 year

+54.7%

VLUE total return, 1 year

0.49%

HYG expense ratio

0.15%

VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VLUE costs 0.34 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 53.4 points; HYG is 1.9 times larger.

HYG vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYG	VLUE
Return
Measure	HYG	VLUE
Total return, 1 year	+1.3%	+54.7%
Benchmark
Measure	HYG	VLUE
What it tracks	Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index	MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYG	VLUE
Expense ratio	0.49%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$17.5bn	$9.3bn
Holdings
Measure	HYG	VLUE
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		97%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		42.8%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HYG VLUE

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HYG

1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.56%

MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.44%

ECHOSTAR CORP 0.40%

QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 144A 0.35%

PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.34%

CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP LLC 144A 0.32%

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP 144A 0.32%

CENTENE CORPORATION 0.31%

Only in VLUE

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 20.94%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.37%

GENERAL MOTORS 3.54%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.72%

AT&T 2.24%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.95%

PFIZER 1.86%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.77%

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Side by side

HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of US high yield bonds Tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor

Total return, 1 year +1.3% +54.7%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.2% (IUSB) +13.6% (MLRG)

Gap to its benchmark +2.5 pts vs IUSB +41.1 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.49% 0.15%

Holdings 1332 148

Net assets, HYG as of Oct 27, 2026 and VLUE as of Oct 28, 2026 $17.5bn $9.4bn

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

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About each fund

HYG

HYG tracks an index of US high yield bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested, against −1.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYG or VLUE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYG returned +1.3% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, HYG or VLUE?: VLUE is cheaper, by 0.34 percentage points a year. That is about $34 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

HYG and VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HYG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for HYG ↗

VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for VLUE ↗

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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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