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

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
62.5%

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.

HYG only 47.5%Shared 62.5%JNK only 36.0%
In HYG only
435 positions
Shared
883 positions
In JNK only
312 positions

Side by side

HYG

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US High Yield Bond

68composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$16.19B
TTM yield
6.03%
Top-10 conc.
15.9%
JNK

State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF

State Street · US High Yield Bond

71composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$6.97B
TTM yield
6.70%
Top-10 conc.
9.6%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
60
46
Tax efficiency
45
100
Liquidity
93
92
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
HYGsub-scoreJNK

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor 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 thecost calculator pre-filled with HYG vs JNK.

Top shared holdings

883 shared in total
#HoldingIn HYGIn JNKOverlap
11261229 BC LTD0.54%0.63%0.54%
2ECHOSTAR CORP0.44%0.51%0.44%
3CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC0.34%0.37%0.34%
4QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC0.33%0.40%0.33%
5CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC0.33%0.41%0.33%
6DISH NETWORK CORP0.32%0.40%0.32%
7SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 10.30%0.39%0.30%
8NEXSTAR MEDIA INC0.30%0.32%0.30%
9VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC0.28%0.37%0.28%
10ASURION LLC/ASURION CO0.28%0.34%0.28%
11ASURION LLC/ASURION CO0.28%0.34%0.28%
12CRC INSURANCE GROUP LLC0.28%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/.

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.