ETF comparison

HYG vs SCYB

Both US High Yield Bond.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · Schwab High Yield Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
71.6 %

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.

HYG only 41.6% Shared 71.6% SCYB only 27.0%
In HYG only
97 positions
Shared
1,243 positions
In SCYB only
594 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%
SCYB

Schwab High Yield Bond ETF

Schwab · US High Yield Bond

81 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$2.65B
TTM yield
6.91%
Top-10 conc.
6.2%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
97
46
Tax efficiency
44
100
Liquidity
75
87
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
HYG sub-score SCYB

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

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/.

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.