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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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IWF vs USHY: how they differ

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

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWF 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 IWFOnly in USHY
NVIDIA 15.46%BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 1.17%
APPLE 7.77%1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.49%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.88%MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.38%
MICROSOFT 5.55%PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.29%
BROADCOM INC 5.10%GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.24%
ALPHABET CLASS C 4.77%SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.24%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.52%WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.24%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.35%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.

IWF and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
IWF
iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF
USHY
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssueriSharesiShares
What it isRussell 1000 growthBroad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year+7.0%+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−10.5 pts−14.2 pts
Expense ratio0.18%0.08%
Holdings3151871

IWF in plain words

IWF is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 1000 growth. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +7.0% 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, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 315 positions, with the top ten at 57.3%. It sat 5.0% below its high of Jun 1, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

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, IWF or USHY?
In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWF returned +7.0% and USHY returned +3.3%, so IWF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IWF or USHY?
IWF 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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IWF 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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