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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQQ returned +23.0% and USHY returned +3.3%, so QQQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, QQQ or USHY?

QQQ charges 0.18% 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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QQQ vs USHY: how they differ

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

Invesco QQQ Trust and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, QQQ 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 QQQ	Only in USHY
NVIDIA Corp 8.52%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 1.17%
Apple Inc 7.72%	1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.49%
Microsoft Corp 5.89%	MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.38%
Micron Technology Inc 4.90%	PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.29%
Amazon.com Inc 4.36%	GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.24%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.65%	SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.24%
Alphabet Inc 3.12%	WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.24%
Meta Platforms Inc 3.07%	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.

QQQ and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Invesco	iShares
What it is	Nasdaq-100	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+23.0%	+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+5.5 pts	−14.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.18%	0.08%
Holdings	105	1871

QQQ in plain words

QQQ is an index equity fund tracking the Nasdaq-100. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +23.0% 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, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 105 positions, with the top ten at 47.0%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Jun 2, 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, QQQ or USHY?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, QQQ returned +23.0% and USHY returned +3.3%, so QQQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, QQQ or USHY?: QQQ 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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