ETF comparison
HYGvsJNK
Both US High Yield Bond.
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
883 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYG and JNK would leave roughly62.5%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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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 thecost 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
435 total- BlackRock Funds III12.69%
- AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN0.26%
- DAVITA INC0.25%
- 1011778 BC / NEW RED FIN0.24%
- CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP0.23%
- CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP0.22%
- NISSAN MOTOR CO0.22%
- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC0.22%
- CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP0.22%
- CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP0.21%
Only in JNK
312 total- State Street Global Advisors0.92%
- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC0.23%
- APLD COMPUTECO 3 LLC0.17%
- AMC GLOBAL MEDIA INC0.17%
- QXO BUILDING PRODUCTS0.14%
- COHERENT CORP0.13%
- QXO BUILDING PRODUCTS0.13%
- WATCO COS LLC/FINANCE CO0.13%
- RAND PARENT LLC0.13%
- GARRETT MOTION HLD/SARL0.12%
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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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