US High Yield Bond

Below-investment-grade ("junk") corporate bonds. Correlates more closely with equity than with investment-grade bonds; behaves more like a risk asset than a diversifier.

12 funds in the catalog. Scored using methodology v0.5.1. · Read the guide

Top score

SPHY 87 / 100

State Street SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF

Cheapest

SCYB 0.030%

Schwab High Yield Bond ETF

Largest by AUM

USHY $28.48B

iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

All US High Yield Bond funds

Score	Ticker	Name	Expense	AUM	Yield
87	SPHY	State Street SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF	0.050%	$11.33B	7.23%
85	USHY	iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	0.080%	$28.48B	6.89%
82	HYLB	Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	0.050%	$3.47B	6.50%
81	SCYB	Schwab High Yield Bond ETF	0.030%	$2.65B	6.91%
74	SHYG	iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	0.30%	$7.60B	7.00%
71	JNK	State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF	0.40%	$7.35B	6.61%
69	ANGL	VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF	0.25%	$3.12B	6.46%
69	SJNK	State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF	0.40%	$4.88B	7.02%
68	HYG	iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	0.49%	$17.63B	5.90%
66	FALN	iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF	0.25%	$1.63B	6.46%
59	BKLN	Invesco Senior Loan ETF	0.65%	$7.15B	6.56%
55	SRLN	State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF	0.70%	$5.20B	7.41%

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Methodology v0.5.1. See /methodology/ for every threshold and weight used to score these funds.