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ETF comparison

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
62.5 %

883 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYG and JNK would leave roughly 62.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

HYG unmatched 34.8% Shared 62.5% JNK unmatched 35.1%

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.

In HYG only
434 positions
Shared
883 positions
In JNK only
311 positions

Side by side

HYG

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US High Yield Bond

70 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$16.78B
TTM yield
6.10%
Top-10 conc.
3.5%
JNK

State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

State Street · US High Yield Bond

71 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$6.50B
TTM yield
6.85%
Top-10 conc.
4.5%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
60
46
Tax efficiency
44
100
Liquidity
92
100
Concentration
100
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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

883 shared in total
# Holding In HYG In JNK Overlap
1 1261229 BC LTD 0.54% 0.63% 0.54%
2 ECHOSTAR CORP 0.44% 0.51% 0.44%
3 CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.34% 0.37% 0.34%
4 QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.33% 0.40% 0.33%
5 CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.33% 0.41% 0.33%
6 DISH NETWORK CORP 0.32% 0.40% 0.32%
7 SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.30% 0.39% 0.30%
8 NEXSTAR MEDIA INC 0.30% 0.32% 0.30%
9 VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.28% 0.37% 0.28%
10 ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.28% 0.34% 0.28%
11 ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.28% 0.34% 0.28%
12 CRC INSURANCE GROUP LLC 0.28% 0.36% 0.28%

Only in HYG

434 total
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN 0.26%
  • DAVITA INC 0.25%
  • 1011778 BC / NEW RED FIN 0.24%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.23%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.22%
  • NISSAN MOTOR CO 0.22%
  • DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.22%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.22%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.21%
  • NISSAN MOTOR CO 0.21%

Only in JNK

311 total
  • DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.23%
  • APLD COMPUTECO 3 LLC 0.17%
  • AMC GLOBAL MEDIA INC 0.17%
  • QXO BUILDING PRODUCTS 0.14%
  • COHERENT CORP 0.13%
  • QXO BUILDING PRODUCTS 0.13%
  • WATCO COS LLC/FINANCE CO 0.13%
  • RAND PARENT LLC 0.13%
  • GARRETT MOTION HLD/SARL 0.12%
  • BREAKWATER ENRGY HOLD 0.12%

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/.

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.