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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and XHB returned −16.6%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, USHY or XHB?

USHY charges 0.08% a year and XHB charges 0.35%, 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 XHB: how they differ

USHY and XHB 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 State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Homebuilders ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and XHB 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 XHB
BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 1.17%	ALLEGION PLC 4.42%
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.49%	OWENS CORNING 4.18%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.38%	WILLIAMS SONOMA INC 4.08%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.29%	CHAMPION HOMES INC 3.94%
GALAXY HELIOS DATA CENTERS II LLC 144A 0.24%	INSTALLED BUILDING PRODUCTS 3.90%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.24%	JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATION 3.87%
WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A 0.24%	CARLISLE COS INC 3.80%
CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE I LLC 144A 0.23%	PULTEGROUP INC 3.71%

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 Sep 10, 2026.

USHY and XHB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	XHB State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Homebuilders ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	State Street
What it is	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond	SPDR S&P Homebuilders
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	−16.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	−34.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.08%	0.35%
Holdings	1871	35

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.

XHB in plain words

XHB is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR S&P Homebuilders. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −16.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 46% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 35 positions, with the top ten at 39.3%. It sat 20.6% below its high of Oct 18, 2024 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or XHB?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +3.3% and XHB returned −16.6%, so USHY returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, USHY or XHB?: USHY charges 0.08% a year and XHB charges 0.35%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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USHY against XHB, 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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