# USHY (iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF)

iShares · Bond ETFs · High yield · data as of Oct 28, 2026

USHY paid $0.22 a share, ex-date Oct 1, 2026, and 6.8% of its price in cash over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USHY returned 1.7% against 1.8% for SPHY, on ICE BofA US High Yield Index. Fees aside, USHY finished 0.01 points behind SPHY. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

USHY tracks an index of Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond and returned +1.7% over the past year.

## Key facts

- USHY, total return, 1 year: +1.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- USHY, expense ratio: 0.08%, as of Feb 23, 2026.
- USHY, holdings: 1900, as of Oct 27, 2026.
- USHY, below its high: −1.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- USHY, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 6.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- USHY, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.22, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- USHY, net assets: $26.3bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026).

## USHY over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (SPHY) | Gap to SPHY |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | +0.6% | +0.5% | +0.1 pts |
| 3 months | −0.5% | −0.5% | 0.0 pts |
| 6 months | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts |
| Year to date | +1.0% | +1.0% | 0.0 pts |
| 1 year | +1.7% | +1.8% | −0.1 pts |
| 3 years | +29.2% | +29.1% | +0.1 pts |
| 5 years | +20.5% | +21.2% | −0.7 pts |
| Since launch | +48.5% | +49.4% | −0.9 pts |
| Since launch, annualised | +4.5% | – | – |

## USHY key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $37.68 on Jan 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $35.50 on Oct 1, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $35.85, 16% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta to its benchmark, 1 year: 0.99, against SPHY (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- R-squared, the same days: 0.96 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Beta and R-squared measured over: 251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 1900
- Top ten weight: 3.2%

## USHY trading

- IQ Liquidity Score 90, Trades like a giant, 73rd percentile of 200 bonds ETFs.
- Trades like a giant: trades at a typical spread of 0.03%.
- $1,000: about $0.15, 0.015%, one way.
- $10,000: about $1.50, 0.015%, one way.
- Full cost to own, 1 year at $10,000: 0.23%, against 0.08% for the fee alone.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.30%; 95% of days within ±0.30%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $35.86, that’s $35.87 to buy and $35.85 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/ushy/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | ICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · High yield | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.08% | 485BPOS XBRL, Feb 23, 2026 |
| Price | $35.85 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Oct 26, 2017 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $26.3bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026 |
| Benchmark | ICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index, measured by SPHY, which tracks the closely related ICE BofA US High Yield Index | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Benchmark named in | its prospectus, 485BPOS, Feb 23, 2026 | ETFIQ |
| USHY, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | +1.7% | ETFIQ |
| SPHY, the same days | +1.8% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | −0.1 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −1.8% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 1900 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 3.2% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings published for | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |
| Holdings as of the close of | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |

## Money in and out, to Oct 23, 2026

| Window | Dates | Net flow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$195m |
| 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$300m |
| 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$2.3bn |
| Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$1.7bn |
| 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$1.4bn |

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/ushy.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has USHY performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, USHY 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. Over three years the number is +29.2%.

### What does USHY cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

### How far is USHY below its high?

1.8% below its high of Aug 26, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.

### What dividend does USHY pay?

USHY pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.22 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, USHY, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/ushy
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