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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +1.7% and USO +133.3%.

Which is cheaper, USHY or USO?

USHY is cheaper, by 0.78 percentage points a year. That is about $78 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

USHY vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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USHY is a bond index fund and USO a commodity futures fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USO returned +133.3% against +1.7%.

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Net assets: $26.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, and $1.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for United States Oil Fund, LP.

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At a glance

+1.7%

USHY total return, 1 year

+133.3%

USO total return, 1 year

0.08%

USHY expense ratio

0.86%

USO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

USHY costs 0.78 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 131.6 points; USHY is 13.8 times larger.

USHY vs USO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	USHY	USO
Return
Measure	USHY	USO
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+133.3%
Drawdown
Measure	USHY	USO
Below its high		82.3%, high on Jul 14, 2008
Benchmark
Measure	USHY	USO
What it tracks	ICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index	Oil futures
Cost and size
Measure	USHY	USO
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.86%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$26.3bn	$1.9bn
Holdings
Measure	USHY	USO
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF USO United States Oil Fund, LP

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer iShares USCF

What it is Tracks an index of Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond Holds oil futures

Total return, 1 year +1.7% +133.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +1.8% (SPHY) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPHY not measured

Expense ratio 0.08% 0.86%

Holdings 1900 not counted

Net assets, USHY as of Oct 27, 2026 and USO as of Oct 28, 2026 $26.3bn $1.9bn

USHY and USO on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

USHY

USHY tracks an index of Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +1.8% for its benchmark, the ICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index, measured by the closely related ICE BofA US High Yield Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

USO

USO holds oil futures. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +133.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.86% a year. It sat 82.3% below its high of Jul 14, 2008 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or USO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +1.7% and USO +133.3%.
Which is cheaper, USHY or USO?: USHY is cheaper, by 0.78 percentage points a year. That is about $78 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

USHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

USHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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