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USHY vs XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USHY returned +1.7% to XLRE's +4.3%; 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 $8.0bn for State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF.

USHY on its own →XLRE on its own →
At a glance
+1.7%
USHY total return, 1 year
+4.3%
XLRE total return, 1 year
0.08%
USHY expense ratio
0.08%
XLRE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

Both cost 0.08% a year; their one-year returns differ by 2.6 points; USHY is 3.3 times larger.

Points (pts) are percentage points.

USHY vs XLRE: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureUSHYXLRE
Return
Total return, 1 year+1.7%+4.3%
Drawdown
Below its high7.7%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksICE BofA US High Yield Constrained IndexReal Estate Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.08%0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$26.3bn$8.0bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund58.9%

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, USHY and XLRE 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 XLRE
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 XLRE
WELLTOWER INC 11.14%
PROLOGIS INC 8.19%
EQUINIX INC 6.72%
AMERICAN TOWER CORP 5.84%
PUBLIC STORAGE 4.87%
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC 4.76%
VIVMARK RESIDENTIAL 4.42%
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST INC 4.34%
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Side by side

USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF XLRE State Street Real Estate 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 Real estate
Total return, 1 year +1.7% +4.3%
Its benchmark over the same days +1.8% (SPHY) not measured
Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SPHY not measured
Expense ratio 0.08% 0.08%
Holdings 1900 31
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $26.3bn $8.0bn

USHY and XLRE 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.

XLRE

XLRE tracks an index of Real estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.3% with distributions reinvested. 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 31 positions, with the top ten at 58.9%. It sat 7.7% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, USHY or XLRE?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, USHY returned +1.7% and XLRE +4.3%.
Which is cheaper, USHY or XLRE?
Neither: USHY and XLRE 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 ↗
XLRE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
XLRE 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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