ETF comparison

HYGvsSJNK

Both US High Yield Bond.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
47.6%

732 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYG and SJNK would leave roughly47.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

HYG only 62.4%Shared 47.6%SJNK only 50.3%
In HYG only
586 positions
Shared
732 positions
In SJNK only
417 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%
SJNK

State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF

State Street · US High Yield Bond

69composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$4.82B
TTM yield
7.03%
Top-10 conc.
9.9%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
60
46
Tax efficiency
44
100
Liquidity
86
92
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
HYGsub-scoreSJNK

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

SJNK 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 SJNK.

Top shared holdings

732 shared in total
#HoldingIn HYGIn SJNKOverlap
1ECHOSTAR CORP0.44%0.63%0.44%
2CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC0.34%0.43%0.34%
3CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC0.33%0.43%0.33%
4DISH NETWORK CORP0.32%0.36%0.32%
5SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 10.30%0.41%0.30%
6HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD0.29%0.30%0.29%
7VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC0.28%0.44%0.28%
8CRC INSURANCE GROUP LLC0.28%0.34%0.28%
9WULF COMPUTE LLC0.26%0.42%0.26%
10PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 10.26%0.51%0.26%
11EMRLD BOR / EMRLD CO-ISS0.26%0.38%0.26%
12MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC0.26%0.65%0.26%

Only in HYG

586 total
  • BlackRock Funds III12.69%
  • 1261229 BC LTD0.54%
  • QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC0.33%
  • NEXSTAR MEDIA INC0.30%
  • ASURION LLC/ASURION CO0.28%
  • ASURION LLC/ASURION CO0.28%
  • TRANSDIGM INC0.26%
  • DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC0.22%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP0.21%
  • VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC0.21%

Only in SJNK

417 total
  • CENTENE CORP0.51%
  • RAKUTEN GROUP INC0.35%
  • CENTENE CORP0.32%
  • CENTENE CORP0.24%
  • CENTENE CORP0.23%
  • AIR CANADA0.22%
  • SM ENERGY CO0.21%
  • DISH DBS CORP0.20%
  • APLD COMPUTECO 3 LLC0.20%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP0.20%

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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.