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Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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IWD vs USHY: how they differ

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

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWD and USHY 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 IWDOnly in USHY
AMAZON.COM INC 6.04%BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 1.17%
APPLE 5.83%1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.49%
MICROSOFT 4.93%MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.38%
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CLASS B 2.54%PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.29%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.54%GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.24%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.85%SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.24%
JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.73%WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.24%
INTEL CORPORATION 1.23%CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE I LLC 144A 0.23%

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.

IWD and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IWD
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF
USHY
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesiShares
What it isRussell 1000 valueBroad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year+27.4%+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500+9.9 pts−14.2 pts
Expense ratio0.18%0.08%
Holdings8141871

IWD in plain words

IWD is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 1000 value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +27.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 814 positions, with the top ten at 29.0%.

USHY in plain words

USHY is a bond fund tracking the Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IWD or USHY?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWD returned +27.4% and USHY returned +3.3%, so IWD returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IWD or USHY?
IWD charges 0.18% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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IWD against USHY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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