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
126 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of ANGL and FALN would leave roughly 68.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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
126 shared in total| # | Holding | In ANGL | In FALN | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VODAFONE GROUP PLC | 3.28% | 2.99% | 2.99% |
| 2 | RESORTS WORLD/RWLV CAP | 1.41% | 1.84% | 1.41% |
| 3 | PACIFICORP | 1.36% | 1.78% | 1.36% |
| 4 | HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL L | 1.13% | 1.48% | 1.13% |
| 5 | PERRIGO FINANCE UNLIMITE | 1.12% | 1.47% | 1.12% |
| 6 | METHANEX CORP | 1.09% | 1.44% | 1.09% |
| 7 | VF CORP | 1.07% | 1.21% | 1.07% |
| 8 | NORDSTROM INC | 1.06% | 1.10% | 1.06% |
| 9 | NISSAN MOTOR CO | 3.43% | 1.05% | 1.05% |
| 10 | NISSAN MOTOR CO | 3.25% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| 11 | TRANSOCEAN INTERNTNL LTD | 0.93% | 1.22% | 0.93% |
| 12 | NEWELL BRANDS INC | 0.91% | 1.18% | 0.91% |
Only in ANGL
7 total- State Street Global Advisors 8.65%
- ENTEGRIS INC 2.50%
- DRESDNER FNDG TRUST I 1.70%
- DPL INC/OHIO 0.61%
- BLACKROCK TCP CAP CORP 0.51%
- OCEANEERING INTL INC 0.47%
- RESORTS WORLD/RWLV CAP 0.47%
Only in FALN
36 total- BlackRock Funds III 14.14%
- GFL ENVIRONMENTAL INC 2.15%
- UNITED RENTALS NORTH AM 1.54%
- HORIZON MUTUAL HOLDINGS 1.18%
- ALCOA NEDERLAND HOLDING 1.02%
- LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP INC 1.02%
- CONSTELLATION INSURC INC 0.68%
- RESORTS WORLD/RWLV CAP 0.62%
- LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.55%
- GENWORTH HOLDINGS INC 0.52%
Open ANGL or FALN at a brokerage
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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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