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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VTV returned +22.9%, so VTV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, USHY or VTV?

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

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

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

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and VTV 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 VTV
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 1.17%	Micron Technology Inc 4.89%
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.49%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.07%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.38%	Berkshire Hathaway Inc 2.96%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.29%	Johnson & Johnson 2.30%
GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.24%	Exxon Mobil Corp 2.13%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.24%	Walmart Inc 1.87%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.24%	Caterpillar Inc 1.84%
CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE I LLC 144A 0.23%	AbbVie Inc 1.67%

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 VTV on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	VTV Vanguard Value Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond	US value
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	+22.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	+5.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.03%
Holdings	1871	308

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.

VTV in plain words

VTV is an index equity fund tracking the US value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.9% 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, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 308 positions, with the top ten at 23.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or VTV?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and VTV returned +22.9%, so VTV returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or VTV?: USHY charges 0.08% a year and VTV charges 0.03%, so VTV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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USHY against VTV, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 13, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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