Which returned more over the last year, PFF or USHY?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −0.8% and USHY returned +3.3%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, PFF or USHY?

PFF charges 0.45% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so USHY 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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PFF vs USHY: how they differ

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

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PFF 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 PFF	Only in USHY
BOEING CO 3.54%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 1.17%
ORACLE CORPORATION 2.31%	1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.49%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 2.30%	MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.38%
ALPHABET INC 2.24%	PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.29%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CONV PR 2.06%	GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.24%
ALBEMARLE CORP 1.12%	SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.24%
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0.89%	WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.24%
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES UNITS 0.74%	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.

PFF and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	iShares
What it is	Preferred and Income Securities	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	−0.8%	+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.3 pts	−14.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.08%
Holdings	461	1871

PFF in plain words

PFF is an index equity fund tracking the Preferred and Income Securities. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −0.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 22% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 461 positions, with the top ten at 23.1%. It sat 3.2% below its high of May 8, 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, PFF or USHY?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −0.8% and USHY returned +3.3%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, PFF or USHY?: PFF charges 0.45% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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PFF 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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