ETF comparison
HYG vs SHYG
Both US High Yield Bond.
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
772 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYG and SHYG would leave roughly 67.4% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
SHYG is 19 bps cheaper than HYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $190/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 SHYG.
Top shared holdings
772 shared in total| # | Holding | In HYG | In SHYG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock Funds III | 15.84% | 12.63% | 12.63% |
| 2 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC | 0.35% | 0.46% | 0.35% |
| 3 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC | 0.35% | 0.44% | 0.35% |
| 4 | DISH NETWORK CORP | 0.34% | 0.37% | 0.34% |
| 5 | ECHOSTAR CORP | 0.32% | 0.53% | 0.32% |
| 6 | WULF COMPUTE LLC | 0.31% | 0.39% | 0.31% |
| 7 | HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD | 0.30% | 0.39% | 0.30% |
| 8 | VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC | 0.27% | 0.38% | 0.27% |
| 9 | TRANSDIGM INC | 0.26% | 0.33% | 0.26% |
| 10 | CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP | 0.25% | 0.35% | 0.25% |
| 11 | AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN | 0.25% | 0.35% | 0.25% |
| 12 | MAUSER PACKAGING SOLUT | 0.25% | 0.31% | 0.25% |
Only in HYG
568 total- QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.39%
- ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.35%
- PANTHER ESCROW ISSUER 0.29%
- LEVEL 3 FINANCING INC 0.24%
- TRANSDIGM INC 0.23%
- BEACH ACQUISITION BIDCO 0.23%
- CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.23%
- QXO BUILDING PRODUCTS 0.22%
- WINDSTREAM SERVICES/ESCR 0.21%
- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.21%
Only in SHYG
378 total- DISH DBS CORP 0.24%
- APLD COMPUTECO 2 LLC 0.21%
- MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.19%
- PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.18%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS NE 0.15%
- CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE 0.14%
- EDGED COMPUTE LLC 0.13%
- ROCKETMTGE CO-ISSUER INC 0.13%
- AIR CANADA 0.12%
- NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE 0.11%
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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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