ETF comparison
AGG vs HYG
US Aggregate Bond vs US High Yield Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
4 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and HYG would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
AGG is 46 bps cheaper than HYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $460/yr more in fees for HYG.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with AGG vs HYG.
Top shared holdings
4 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In HYG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP | 0.00% | 0.08% | 0.00% |
| 2 | PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP | 0.00% | 0.06% | 0.00% |
| 3 | PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP | 0.00% | 0.07% | 0.00% |
| 4 | PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP | 0.00% | 0.04% | 0.00% |
Only in AGG
13,262 total- United States Treasury 0.42%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.41%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.40%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.39%
- United States Treasury 0.38%
Only in HYG
1,313 total- 1261229 BC LTD 0.54%
- ECHOSTAR CORP 0.44%
- CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.34%
- QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.33%
- CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.33%
- DISH NETWORK CORP 0.32%
- SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.30%
- NEXSTAR MEDIA INC 0.30%
- HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.29%
- VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.28%
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- HYG vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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