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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPHQ returned +17.4% and USHY returned +3.3%, so SPHQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, SPHQ or USHY?

SPHQ charges 0.15% 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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SPHQ vs USHY: how they differ

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

Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, SPHQ 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 SPHQ	Only in USHY
Mastercard Inc 5.78%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 1.17%
Visa Inc 5.68%	1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.49%
Apple Inc 5.60%	MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.38%
Lam Research Corp 4.10%	PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.29%
Netflix Inc 4.00%	GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.24%
GE Vernova Inc 3.92%	SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.24%
Costco Wholesale Corp 3.85%	WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.24%
General Electric Co 3.62%	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.

SPHQ and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Invesco	iShares
What it is	S&P 500 Quality	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+17.4%	+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−0.1 pts	−14.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.08%
Holdings	100	1871

SPHQ in plain words

SPHQ is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 43.4%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jun 30, 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, SPHQ or USHY?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, SPHQ returned +17.4% and USHY returned +3.3%, so SPHQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, SPHQ or USHY?: SPHQ charges 0.15% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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