ETF comparison
ANGL vs FALN
Both US High Yield Bond.
VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF · iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
123 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ANGL and FALN would leave roughly 68.7% 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
Expense ratios are effectively identical (0.25% vs 0.25%).
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 ANGL vs FALN.
Top shared holdings
123 shared in total| # | Holding | In ANGL | In FALN | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VODAFONE GROUP PLC | 3.33% | 2.98% | 2.98% |
| 2 | RESORTS WORLD/RWLV CAP | 1.48% | 1.89% | 1.48% |
| 3 | PACIFICORP | 1.37% | 1.79% | 1.37% |
| 4 | HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL L | 1.18% | 1.53% | 1.18% |
| 5 | PERRIGO FINANCE UNLIMITE | 1.15% | 1.50% | 1.15% |
| 6 | METHANEX CORP | 1.12% | 1.44% | 1.12% |
| 7 | NORDSTROM INC | 1.14% | 1.11% | 1.11% |
| 8 | VF CORP | 1.09% | 1.43% | 1.09% |
| 9 | NISSAN MOTOR CO | 3.42% | 1.04% | 1.04% |
| 10 | NEWELL BRANDS INC | 0.99% | 1.28% | 0.99% |
| 11 | NISSAN MOTOR CO | 3.23% | 0.98% | 0.98% |
| 12 | TRANSOCEAN INTERNTNL LTD | 0.93% | 1.20% | 0.93% |
Only in ANGL
6 total- ENTEGRIS INC 2.55%
- DRESDNER FNDG TRUST I 1.73%
- FS KKR CAPITAL CORP 0.78%
- DPL INC/OHIO 0.63%
- BLACKROCK TCP CAP CORP 0.52%
- RESORTS WORLD/RWLV CAP 0.48%
Only in FALN
35 total- GFL ENVIRONMENTAL INC 2.14%
- UNITED RENTALS NORTH AM 1.55%
- ALCOA NEDERLAND HOLDING 1.01%
- LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP INC 0.87%
- CENTENE CORP 0.76%
- CONSTELLATION INSURC INC 0.68%
- RESORTS WORLD/RWLV CAP 0.62%
- LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.54%
- GLOBAL MARINE INC 0.52%
- GENWORTH HOLDINGS INC 0.52%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with ANGL
- ANGL vs SCYB · Schwab High Yield Bond ETF 4.7%
- ANGL vs SPHY · State Street SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF 4.1%
- ANGL vs USHY · iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 4.1%
- ANGL vs SJNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF 3.4%
- ANGL vs SHYG · iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 3.2%
- ANGL vs HYG · iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 2.9%
More comparisons with FALN
- FALN vs SCYB · Schwab High Yield Bond ETF 5.6%
- FALN vs SJNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF 5.0%
- FALN vs USHY · iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 4.8%
- FALN vs SPHY · State Street SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF 4.8%
- FALN vs SHYG · iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 4.2%
- FALN vs HYLB · Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 3.8%
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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