ETF comparison
AGG vs SPHY
US Aggregate Bond vs US High Yield Bond.
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
5 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and SPHY 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
Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.
Cost difference
AGG is 2 bps cheaper than SPHY. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for SPHY.
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 SPHY.
Top shared holdings
5 shared in total| # | Holding | In AGG | In SPHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP | 0.00% | 0.03% | 0.00% |
| 2 | PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP | 0.00% | 0.04% | 0.00% |
| 3 | PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP | 0.00% | 0.06% | 0.00% |
| 4 | PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP | 0.00% | 0.04% | 0.00% |
| 5 | SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS INC | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
Only in AGG
13,261 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 SPHY
1,924 total- 1261229 BC LTD 0.42%
- ECHOSTAR CORP 0.40%
- MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.40%
- PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.30%
- CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.28%
- QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.28%
- CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%
- SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.27%
- AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN 0.25%
- ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.25%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with AGG
- AGG vs USHY · iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- AGG vs HYLB · Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 0.0%
- AGG vs SJNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF 0.0%
- AGG vs ANGL · VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF 0.0%
- AGG vs BIL · State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF 0.0%
- AGG vs BKLN · Invesco Senior Loan ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with SPHY
- SPHY vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SPHY vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- SPHY vs GOVT · iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- SPHY vs SCHP · Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF 0.0%
- SPHY vs SHY · iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 0.0%
- SPHY vs TIP · iShares TIPS Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
Open AGG or SPHY at a brokerage
Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.
Affiliate links — opening an account through these earns PlainIndex a one-time referral. Scoring is computed before any affiliate consideration; see our methodology and funding disclosure.
Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.