Which returned more over the last year, IYW or LQD?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYW returned +34.9% and LQD returned −2.7%, so IYW returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, IYW or LQD?

IYW charges 0.37% a year and LQD charges 0.14%, so LQD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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IYW vs LQD: how they differ

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

iShares U.S. Technology ETF and iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IYW and LQD 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 IYW	Only in LQD
NVIDIA 14.10%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.88%
APPLE 13.20%	ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES LLC 0.12%
MICROSOFT 10.75%	DEUTSCHE TELEKOM INTERNATIONAL FIN 0.11%
ALPHABET CLASS A 5.48%	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING L 144A 0.10%
ALPHABET CLASS C 4.44%	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO MTN 0.09%
META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.17%	BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PLC 0.08%
BROADCOM INC 4.07%	MORGAN STANLEY (FXD-FRN) MTN 0.08%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY 3.35%	CITIGROUP INC (FX-FRN) 0.07%

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.

IYW and LQD on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IYW iShares U.S. Technology ETF	LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	U.S. Technology	US investment grade bonds
Total return, 1 year	+34.9%	−2.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+17.4 pts	−20.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.37%	0.14%
Holdings	151	3149

IYW in plain words

IYW is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +34.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 96% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 151 positions, with the top ten at 64.9%.

LQD in plain words

LQD is a bond fund tracking the US investment grade bonds. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −2.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.14% a year. It sat 6.4% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, IYW or LQD?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IYW returned +34.9% and LQD returned −2.7%, so IYW returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IYW or LQD?: IYW charges 0.37% a year and LQD charges 0.14%, so LQD is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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