ETF comparison
HYG vs SCYB
Both US High Yield Bond.
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · Schwab High Yield Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
1,243 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYG and SCYB would leave roughly 71.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SCYB is 46 bps cheaper than HYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $460/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 SCYB.
Top shared holdings
1,243 shared in total| # | Holding | In HYG | In SCYB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1261229 BC LTD | 0.52% | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 2 | ECHOSTAR CORP | 0.32% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 3 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC | 0.35% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 4 | QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC | 0.39% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 5 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC | 0.35% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 6 | ASURION LLC/ASURION CO | 0.35% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 7 | VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC | 0.27% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 8 | WULF COMPUTE LLC | 0.31% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 9 | MEDLINE BORROWER LP | 0.22% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 10 | EMRLD BOR / EMRLD CO-ISS | 0.27% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 11 | CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP | 0.25% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 12 | CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP | 0.22% | 0.19% | 0.19% |
Only in HYG
97 total- BlackRock Funds III 15.84%
- ECHOSTAR CORP 0.23%
- BEACH ACQUISITION BIDCO 0.23%
- CARVANA CO 0.17%
- CARVANA CO 0.14%
- EG GLOBAL FINANCE PLC 0.12%
- WYNN MACAU LTD 0.11%
- SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.11%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS NE 0.11%
- ZAYO GROUP HOLDINGS INC 0.11%
Only in SCYB
594 total- State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund 1.00%
- CARNIVAL CORP 0.20%
- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.20%
- CARNIVAL CORP 0.15%
- DRESDNER FNDG TRUST I 0.10%
- ZEGONA FINANCE PLC 0.10%
- CARNIVAL CORP 0.09%
- CABLEVISION LIGHTPATH 0.09%
- PITNEY BOWES INC 0.08%
- RANGE RESOURCES CORP 0.08%
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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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