ETF comparison
FALN vs JNK
Both US High Yield Bond.
iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
17 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FALN and JNK would leave roughly 1.2% 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 15 bps cheaper than JNK. On a $100,000 position that's about $150/yr more in fees for JNK.
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 JNK.
Top shared holdings
17 shared in total| # | Holding | In FALN | In JNK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE | 0.31% | 0.15% | 0.15% |
| 2 | CELANESE US HOLDINGS LLC | 0.61% | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| 3 | CELANESE US HOLDINGS LLC | 0.49% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 4 | CELANESE US HOLDINGS LLC | 0.62% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 5 | CENTENE CORP | 0.26% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 6 | CELANESE US HOLDINGS LLC | 0.48% | 0.11% | 0.11% |
| 7 | PACIFICORP | 1.79% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 8 | FS KKR CAPITAL CORP | 0.58% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 9 | APTIV SWISS HOLDINGS LTD | 1.07% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 10 | FS KKR CAPITAL CORP | 0.67% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 11 | CELANESE US HOLDINGS LLC | 0.65% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| 12 | FMC CORP | 0.82% | 0.04% | 0.04% |
Only in FALN
141 total- VODAFONE GROUP PLC 2.98%
- RESORTS WORLD/RWLV CAP 1.89%
- UNITED RENTALS NORTH AM 1.55%
- HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL L 1.53%
- PERRIGO FINANCE UNLIMITE 1.50%
- METHANEX CORP 1.44%
- VF CORP 1.43%
- NEWELL BRANDS INC 1.28%
- TRANSOCEAN INTERNTNL LTD 1.20%
- BOMBARDIER INC 1.18%
Only in JNK
1,177 total- 1261229 BC LTD 0.63%
- MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.56%
- ECHOSTAR CORP 0.51%
- PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.48%
- CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.41%
- QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.40%
- DISH NETWORK CORP 0.40%
- SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.39%
- CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.37%
- VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.37%
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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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