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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IHF returned +17.6% and IYH +25.3%.

Which is cheaper, IHF or IYH?

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

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

By their latest filed holdings, 74% of IHF and 90% of IYH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

IHF vs IYH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, IHF returned +17.6% to IYH's +25.3%; 13% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $1.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF, and $4.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF.

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At a glance

+17.6%

IHF total return, 1 year

+25.3%

IYH total return, 1 year

0.37%

IHF expense ratio

0.37%

IYH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.37% a year; their one-year returns differ by 7.7 points; IYH is 3.2 times larger.

IHF vs IYH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IHF	IYH
Return
Measure	IHF	IYH
Total return, 1 year	+17.6%	+25.3%
Benchmark
Measure	IHF	IYH
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Health Care Providers Index	Russell 1000 Health Care RIC 22
Cost and size
Measure	IHF	IYH
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$1.4bn	$4.5bn
Holdings
Measure	IHF	IYH
Holdings in common	13%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	73.7%	58.9%

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

Risk and return

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

IHF IYH

Return

Total return edge IYH +615.3% +728.3%

Annualized edge IYH (slight) +10.1% +10.9%

Price return edge Tie +517.6% +523.9%

Risk

Volatility edge IYH 22.1% 16.6%

Max drawdown edge IYH −56.9% −37.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge IYH 0.47 0.60

Sortino edge IYH 0.66 0.85

Calmar edge IYH 0.18 0.29

Reading

IYH returned more: +728.3% to +615.3%. IYH swung less: 16.6% to 22.1%. IYH fell less at its worst: −37.3% to −56.9%.

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Risk and return: IHF vs IYH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	IHF	IYH	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+615.3%	+728.3%	IYH	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.1%	+10.9%	IYH (slight)	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+517.6%	+523.9%	Tie	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	22.1%	16.6%	IYH	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	15.8%	11.7%	IYH	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−56.9%	−37.3%	IYH	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.47	0.60	IYH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.66	0.85	IYH	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.18	0.29	IYH	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

13%

By the books each fund has filed, IHF and IYH hold 13% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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13% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first IHF IYH

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP 22.48% 5.54%

ELEVANCE HEALTH INC 9.45% 1.37%

CIGNA 4.62% 1.16%

HCA HEALTHCARE 4.59% 0.98%

HUMANA 4.47% 0.74%

VEEVA SYSTEMS CLASS A 5.18% 0.70%

CENTENE CORP 4.21% 0.51%

LABCORP HOLDINGS 3.33% 0.41%

QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INC 3.32% 0.40%

GUARDANT HEALTH 2.96% 0.34%

TENET HEALTHCARE CORP 2.62% 0.31%

ENCOMPASS HEALTH 1.49% 0.18%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in IHF

CVS HEALTH 12.07%

BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 1.23%

HEALTHEQUITY 1.05%

HINGE HEALTH CLASS A 0.84%

HIMS HERS HEALTH CLASS A 0.73%

RADNET 0.65%

CONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT IN 0.59%

OPTION CARE HEALTH INC 0.58%

Only in IYH

ELI LILLY 15.29%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 9.67%

ABBVIE 7.57%

MERCK & CO INC 5.24%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC 3.85%

AMGEN INC 3.61%

GILEAD SCIENCES 2.95%

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 2.67%

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Side by side

IHF iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF IYH iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +17.6% +25.3%

Expense ratio 0.37% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 74.4% 90.3%

Holdings 62 101

Net assets, IHF as of Oct 27, 2026 and IYH as of Oct 28, 2026 $1.4bn $4.5bn

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

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IHF and IYH are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. IHF follows Dow Jones U.S. Select Health Care Providers Index and IYH follows Russell 1000 Health Care RIC 22.
Holdings in common. 13% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 IHF returned +17.6% and IYH +25.3% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 7.7 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

IHF

IHF tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. 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%.

IYH

IYH tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.3% with distributions reinvested. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 58.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IHF or IYH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IHF returned +17.6% and IYH +25.3%.
Which is cheaper, IHF or IYH?: Neither: IHF and IYH both charge 0.37% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IHF and IYH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 74% of IHF and 90% of IYH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

IHF and IYH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IHF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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