Which returned more over the last year, IHE or IHF?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IHE returned +41.9% and IHF +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, IHE or IHF?

Neither: IHE and IHF both charge 0.37% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do IHE and IHF overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IHE and 74% of IHF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IHE vs IHF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IHE returned +41.9% to IHF's +17.6%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $1.6bn for iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF and $1.4bn for iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF.

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At a glance

+41.9%

IHE total return, 1 year

+17.6%

IHF total return, 1 year

0.37%

IHE expense ratio

0.37%

IHF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.37% a year; their one-year returns differ by 24.3 points; IHE is 1.1 times larger.

IHE vs IHF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IHE	IHF
Return
Measure	IHE	IHF
Total return, 1 year	+41.9%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	IHE	IHF
Below its high	3.9%, high on Aug 19, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	IHE	IHF
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Pharmaceuticals Index	Dow Jones U.S. Select Health Care Providers Index
Cost and size
Measure	IHE	IHF
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$1.6bn	$1.4bn
Holdings
Measure	IHE	IHF
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	80.4%	73.7%

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

Risk and return

May 12, 2006 to Oct 23, 2026 · 1,067 weekly returns

IHE IHF

Return

Total return edge IHE +752.9% +615.3%

Annualized edge IHE (slight) +11.0% +10.1%

Price return edge IHE (slight) +531.9% +517.6%

Risk

Volatility edge IHE 18.4% 22.1%

Max drawdown edge IHE −36.6% −56.9%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IHE 0.57 0.47

Sortino edge IHE 0.81 0.66

Calmar edge IHE 0.30 0.18

Reading

IHE returned more: +752.9% to +615.3%. IHE swung less: 18.4% to 22.1%. IHE fell less at its worst: −36.6% to −56.9%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: IHE vs IHF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IHE	IHF	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+752.9%	+615.3%	IHE	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+11.0%	+10.1%	IHE (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+531.9%	+517.6%	IHE (slight)	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	18.4%	22.1%	IHE	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	12.8%	15.8%	IHE	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−36.6%	−56.9%	IHE	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.57	0.47	IHE	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.81	0.66	IHE	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.30	0.18	IHE	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 1,067 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IHE IHF

E-MINI HEALTH CARE SECTOR DEC 26 0.00% 0.00%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IHE

ELI LILLY 25.28%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 22.31%

ROYALTY PHARMA PLC CLASS A 4.78%

PFIZER 4.76%

ZOETIS INC CLASS A 4.73%

VIATRIS 4.67%

MERCK & CO INC 4.26%

BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB 4.24%

Only in IHF

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 22.48%

CVS HEALTH 12.07%

ELEVANCE HEALTH INC 9.45%

VEEVA SYSTEMS CLASS A 5.18%

CIGNA 4.62%

HCA HEALTHCARE 4.59%

HUMANA 4.47%

CENTENE CORP 4.21%

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Side by side

IHE iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF IHF iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +41.9% +17.6%

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 65.5% 74.4%

Holdings 54 62

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $1.6bn $1.4bn

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

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What each follows. IHE follows Dow Jones U.S. Select Pharmaceuticals Index and IHF follows Dow Jones U.S. Select Health Care Providers Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 IHE returned +41.9% and IHF +17.6% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 24.3 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

IHE

IHE tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +41.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 66% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 54 positions, with the top ten at 80.4%. It sat 3.9% below its high of Aug 19, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

IHF

IHF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 74% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 62 positions, with the top ten at 73.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IHE or IHF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IHE returned +41.9% and IHF +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, IHE or IHF?: Neither: IHE and IHF both charge 0.37% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IHE and IHF overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IHE and 74% of IHF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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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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