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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VPU returned +2.1%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, USHY or VPU?

USHY charges 0.08% a year and VPU 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 VPU: how they differ

USHY and VPU 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 Utilities Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and VPU 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 VPU
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 1.17%	NextEra Energy Inc 11.84%
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.49%	Southern Co/The 6.70%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.38%	Duke Energy Corp 6.31%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.29%	Constellation Energy Corp 5.86%
GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.24%	American Electric Power Co Inc 4.47%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.24%	Sempra 3.85%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.24%	Dominion Energy Inc 3.78%
CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE I LLC 144A 0.23%	Vistra Corp 3.59%

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 VPU on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	VPU Vanguard Utilities Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond	Utilities
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	+2.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	−15.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.09%
Holdings	1871	66

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.

VPU in plain words

VPU is an index equity fund tracking the Utilities. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.1% 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, 90% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 66 positions, with the top ten at 52.7%. It sat 9.8% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or VPU?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VPU returned +2.1%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or VPU?: USHY charges 0.08% a year and VPU charges 0.09%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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