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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VEA returned +24.5%, so VEA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, USHY or VEA?

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

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

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and VEA 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 VEA
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 1.17%	ASML Holding NV 2.37%
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.49%	Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.56%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.38%	SK hynix Inc 1.40%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.29%	HSBC Holdings PLC 1.01%
GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.24%	Novartis AG 0.91%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.24%	Royal Bank of Canada 0.90%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.24%	AstraZeneca PLC 0.87%
CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE I LLC 144A 0.23%	Nestle SA 0.82%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

USHY and VEA on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	VEA Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond	Developed markets ex US
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	+24.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	+7.0 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.03%
Holdings	1871	3870

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.

VEA in plain words

VEA is an index equity fund tracking the Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +24.5% 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. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3870 positions, with the top ten at 13.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or VEA?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VEA returned +24.5%, so VEA returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or VEA?: USHY charges 0.08% a year and VEA charges 0.03%, so VEA is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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