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HYG vs JNK

Both US High Yield Bond.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
64.6 %

906 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYG and JNK would leave roughly 64.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

HYG only 48.6% Shared 64.6% JNK only 33.4%
In HYG only
434 positions
Shared
906 positions
In JNK only
284 positions

Side by side

HYG

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US High Yield Bond

68 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$17.63B
TTM yield
5.90%
Top-10 conc.
19.1%
JNK

State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

State Street · US High Yield Bond

71 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$7.35B
TTM yield
6.61%
Top-10 conc.
10.5%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
60
46
Tax efficiency
45
100
Liquidity
94
87
Concentration
99
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Tracking quality
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HYG sub-score JNK

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

JNK is 9 bps cheaper than HYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/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 HYG vs JNK.

Top shared holdings

906 shared in total
# Holding In HYG In JNK Overlap
1 1261229 BC LTD 0.52% 0.70% 0.52%
2 QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.39% 0.42% 0.39%
3 CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.35% 0.46% 0.35%
4 CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.35% 0.36% 0.35%
5 DISH NETWORK CORP 0.34% 0.43% 0.34%
6 ECHOSTAR CORP 0.32% 0.49% 0.32%
7 ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.35% 0.32% 0.32%
8 WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.31% 0.36% 0.31%
9 PANTHER ESCROW ISSUER 0.29% 0.29% 0.29%
10 HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.30% 0.28% 0.28%
11 VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.27% 0.38% 0.27%
12 LEVEL 3 FINANCING INC 0.24% 0.25% 0.24%

Only in HYG

434 total
  • BlackRock Funds III 15.84%
  • 1011778 BC / NEW RED FIN 0.25%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.25%
  • DAVITA INC 0.25%
  • NISSAN MOTOR CO 0.24%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.24%
  • ECHOSTAR CORP 0.23%
  • BEACH ACQUISITION BIDCO 0.23%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.22%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.22%

Only in JNK

284 total
  • State Street Global Advisors 0.33%
  • CARNIVAL CORP 0.28%
  • NEXSTAR MEDIA INC 0.27%
  • OAK-EAGLE ACQUIRECO INC 0.19%
  • CARNIVAL CORP 0.17%
  • CARNIVAL CORP 0.16%
  • NEXSTAR MEDIA INC 0.13%
  • OAK-EAGLE ACQUIRECO INC 0.13%
  • PACIFICORP 0.13%
  • CARNIVAL CORP 0.13%

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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/.

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.