USHY Dividend Yield
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · High Yield Bond · iShares · ETF · monthly payer
$35.69
Add to PortfolioAs of Nov 5, 2026, USHY (iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF) yields 5.93%, paying $2.12 a share a year in monthly distributions at its $35.69 price. It costs 0.08% a year and manages $26.7B. Over the last 5 years it returned 3.7% a year with distributions reinvested, against 12.0% for the S&P 500.
Dividend yield
5.93%
Paid a Year
$2.12
Expense Ratio
0.08%
Assets
$26.7B
5-Yr Return
3.7%/yr
Frequency
Monthly
Key facts about USHY
Data as of · Source: SmarterDividends data
- As of Nov 5, 2026, USHY yields 5.93% and pays about $2.12 a share a year, monthly.
- USHY paid $2.1170 a share in distributions over the 12 months to Nov 5, 2026, in 10 payments.
- USHY's expense ratio is 0.08% a year, or $8.00 on $10,000.
- USHY is an ETF from iShares with $26.7B in assets, started Oct 25, 2017.
- In the 5 years to Oct 2026, USHY returned 3.7% a year with distributions reinvested (-2.8% a year from price alone), against 12.0% for the S&P 500.
Cite this page
SmarterDividends, "USHY Dividend Yield, Expense Ratio and Total Return," updated Nov 5, 2026, https://smarterdividends.com/stocks/USHY
What $10,000 in USHY became
Change the dates →From Oct 2017 to Oct 2026, month-end values
Payouts reinvested
$14,810
Payouts taken as cash
$13,579
$5,026 of it cash
S&P 500 (SPY)
$33,730
Since Oct 2017, USHY's share price has fallen 14%, while its total return with distributions reinvested was 48%. Part of what it paid out came out of the share price, which is what investors call NAV erosion: the income was real, but so was the shrinking price.
USHY total return
A year, through Oct 2026. Total return counts every payout, reinvested; price return doesn't.
| Period | Total return | Price return | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | +1.9% | −4.8% | +12.0% |
| 3 years | +8.7% | +1.5% | +23.3% |
| 5 years | +3.7% | −2.8% | +12.0% |
| Since Oct 2017 | +4.5% | −1.7% | +14.5% |
USHY distributions
Every payment →Paid per share, by year
| Ex-date | Paid | Per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | — | $0.2130 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | — | $0.2130 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | — | $0.2060 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | — | $0.2090 |
| May 1, 2026 | — | $0.2020 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | — | $0.23 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | — | $0.2020 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | — | $0.2150 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | — | $0.2120 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | — | $0.2150 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | — | $0.2120 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | — | $0.2150 |
What USHY holds
Top ten holdings and sector weights as the fund reports them.
- XTSLA BlackRock Cash Funds Treasury SL Agency1.5%
- Energy99.2%
- Real estate0.8%
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USHY questions
What is USHY's dividend yield?
As of Nov 5, 2026, USHY yields 5.93%. Over the last 12 months it paid $2.1170 a share in 10 payments, against a $35.69 share price.
How often does USHY pay dividends?
USHY pays monthly, 12 times a year.
How much does 100 shares of USHY pay?
At about $2.1170 a share a year, 100 shares of USHY pay about $211.70 a year, $17.64 each month, before tax.
What is USHY's expense ratio?
USHY's expense ratio is 0.08% a year: $8.00 on every $10,000 invested, taken from the fund's assets rather than billed to you.
What is USHY's total return?
In the 5 years to Oct 2026, USHY returned 3.7% a year with distributions reinvested, of which -2.8% a year came from the share price. The S&P 500 returned 12.0% a year.
Does USHY have NAV erosion?
Since Oct 2017, USHY's share price has fallen 14%, while its total return with distributions reinvested was 48%. Part of what it paid out came out of the share price, which is what investors call NAV erosion: the income was real, but so was the shrinking price.
Fund facts
- Type
- ETF
- Issuer
- iShares
- Category
- High Yield Bond
- Started
- Oct 25, 2017
- Expense ratio
- 0.08%
- Assets
- $26.7B
- Dividend yield
- 5.93%
- Paid in the last year
- $2.1170 (10 payments)
- Last payment
- $0.2130 · ex Sep 1, 2026
- Beta (3 years)
- 0.63
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Fund facts from the fund's own reports via Yahoo Finance; payments and returns from SmarterDividends records. For information only, not investment advice.