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USHY vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USHY returned +1.7% to XLK's +27.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $26.3bn for iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF and $125.0bn for State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF.

USHY on its own →XLK on its own →
At a glance
+1.7%
USHY total return, 1 year
+27.1%
XLK total return, 1 year
0.08%
USHY expense ratio
0.08%
XLK expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.08% a year; their one-year returns differ by 25.4 points; XLK is 4.8 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

USHY vs XLK: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureUSHYXLK
Return
Total return, 1 year+1.7%+27.1%
Drawdown
Below its high5.4%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksICE BofA US High Yield Constrained IndexTechnology Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.08%0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$26.3bn$125.0bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund64.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and XLK hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first USHY XLK
Only in one fund ↓
Only in USHY
1261229 BC LTD 144A 0.48%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.40%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 144A 0.36%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 144A 0.31%
SOFTBANK GROUP CORP 144A 0.30%
SOFTBANK GROUP CORP 144A 0.29%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP LLC 144A 0.27%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 144A 0.27%
Only in XLK
NVIDIA CORP 15.22%
APPLE INC 14.62%
MICROSOFT CORP 11.38%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 4.78%
BROADCOM INC 4.70%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 4.02%
INTEL CORP 2.72%
PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC A 2.67%
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Side by side

USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF XLK State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks an index of Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond Tracks an index of Technology
Total return, 1 year +1.7% +27.1%
Its benchmark over the same days +1.8% (SPHY) +13.6% (SPY)
Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPHY +13.5 pts vs SPY
Expense ratio 0.08% 0.08%
Holdings 1900 76
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $26.3bn $125.0bn

USHY and XLK on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
USHY

USHY tracks an index of Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +1.8% for its benchmark, the ICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index, measured by the closely related ICE BofA US High Yield Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

XLK

XLK tracks an index of Technology. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +27.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 76 positions, with the top ten at 64.6%. It sat 5.4% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or XLK?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +1.7% and XLK +27.1%.
Which is cheaper, USHY or XLK?
Neither: USHY and XLK both charge 0.08% a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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Sources and dates
USHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
USHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for USHY ↗
XLK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XLK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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