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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VCLT returned −4.8%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, USHY or VCLT?

USHY charges 0.08% a year and VCLT charges 0.03%, so VCLT 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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USHY vs VCLT: how they differ

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

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and VCLT 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 USHY	Only in VCLT
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 1.17%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.38%
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.49%	CVS Health Corp 0.34%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.38%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.29%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.29%	Boeing Co/The 0.27%
GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.24%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.24%	Amazon.com Inc 0.26%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.24%	Oracle Corp 0.24%
CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE I LLC 144A 0.23%	AT&T Inc 0.24%

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 May 31, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

USHY and VCLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond	Long-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	−4.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	−22.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.03%
Holdings	1871	2775

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.

VCLT in plain words

VCLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −4.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 18.1% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or VCLT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VCLT returned −4.8%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or VCLT?: USHY charges 0.08% a year and VCLT charges 0.03%, so VCLT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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