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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VGT returned +35.4%, so VGT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, USHY or VGT?

USHY charges 0.08% a year and VGT charges 0.09%, 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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USHY vs VGT: how they differ

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

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and VGT 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 VGT
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 1.17%	NVIDIA Corp 16.85%
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.49%	Apple Inc 14.59%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.38%	Microsoft Corp 9.47%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.29%	Broadcom Inc 4.21%
GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.24%	Micron Technology Inc 4.21%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.24%	Advanced Micro Devices Inc 3.21%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.24%	Intel Corp 2.03%
CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE I LLC 144A 0.23%	Cisco Systems Inc 1.85%

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 VGT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	VGT Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond	Information technology
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	+35.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	+17.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.09%
Holdings	1871	317

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.

VGT in plain words

VGT is an index equity fund tracking the Information technology. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +35.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 87% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 317 positions, with the top ten at 59.5%. It sat 3.6% below its high of Jun 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or VGT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VGT returned +35.4%, so VGT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or VGT?: USHY charges 0.08% a year and VGT charges 0.09%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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