ETF comparison
FALN vs HYG
Both US High Yield Bond.
iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF · iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
50 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FALN and HYG would leave roughly 3.0% 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
FALN is 24 bps cheaper than HYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/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 FALN vs HYG.
Top shared holdings
50 shared in total| # | Holding | In FALN | In HYG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NISSAN MOTOR CO | 1.04% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 2 | NISSAN MOTOR CO | 0.98% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 3 | VODAFONE GROUP PLC | 2.98% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 4 | PARAMOUNT GLOBAL | 0.36% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 5 | CELANESE US HOLDINGS LLC | 0.65% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 6 | CELANESE US HOLDINGS LLC | 0.61% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 7 | CELANESE US HOLDINGS LLC | 0.62% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 8 | CENTENE CORP | 0.26% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 9 | GFL ENVIRONMENTAL INC | 2.14% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 10 | PARAMOUNT GLOBAL | 0.26% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 11 | PACIFICORP | 1.79% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
| 12 | HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL L | 1.53% | 0.07% | 0.07% |
Only in FALN
108 total- RESORTS WORLD/RWLV CAP 1.89%
- NEWELL BRANDS INC 1.28%
- TRANSOCEAN INTERNTNL LTD 1.20%
- BOMBARDIER INC 1.18%
- NORDSTROM INC 1.11%
- FLUOR CORP 1.05%
- NAVIENT CORP 1.04%
- SEALED AIR CORP 0.93%
- ROCKIES EXPRESS PIPELINE 0.92%
- NEWELL BRANDS INC 0.90%
Only in HYG
1,267 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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More comparisons with HYG
- HYG vs ANGL · VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF 2.9%
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- HYG vs BND · Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF Shares 0.0%
- HYG vs SCHZ · Schwab U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
- HYG vs BNDX · Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund ETF Shares 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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