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ETF comparison

HYG vs SJNK

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 roughly 47.6% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

HYG unmatched 49.7% Shared 47.6% SJNK unmatched 50.2%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In HYG only
585 positions
Shared
732 positions
In SJNK only
416 positions

Side by side

HYG

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US High Yield Bond

70 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$16.78B
TTM yield
6.10%
Top-10 conc.
3.5%
SJNK

State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF

State Street · US High Yield Bond

69 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$4.52B
TTM yield
7.19%
Top-10 conc.
4.8%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
60
46
Tax efficiency
44
100
Liquidity
85
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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HYG sub-score SJNK

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with HYG vs SJNK.

Top shared holdings

732 shared in total
# Holding In HYG In SJNK Overlap
1 ECHOSTAR CORP 0.44% 0.63% 0.44%
2 CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.34% 0.43% 0.34%
3 CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.33% 0.43% 0.33%
4 DISH NETWORK CORP 0.32% 0.36% 0.32%
5 SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.30% 0.41% 0.30%
6 HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.29% 0.30% 0.29%
7 VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.28% 0.44% 0.28%
8 CRC INSURANCE GROUP LLC 0.28% 0.34% 0.28%
9 WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26% 0.42% 0.26%
10 PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.26% 0.51% 0.26%
11 EMRLD BOR / EMRLD CO-ISS 0.26% 0.38% 0.26%
12 MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.26% 0.65% 0.26%

Only in HYG

585 total
  • 1261229 BC LTD 0.54%
  • QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.33%
  • NEXSTAR MEDIA INC 0.30%
  • ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.28%
  • ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.28%
  • TRANSDIGM INC 0.26%
  • DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.22%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.21%
  • VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.21%
  • BEACH ACQUISITION BIDCO 0.20%

Only in SJNK

416 total
  • CENTENE CORP 0.51%
  • RAKUTEN GROUP INC 0.35%
  • CENTENE CORP 0.32%
  • CENTENE CORP 0.24%
  • CENTENE CORP 0.23%
  • AIR CANADA 0.22%
  • SM ENERGY CO 0.21%
  • DISH DBS CORP 0.20%
  • APLD COMPUTECO 3 LLC 0.20%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.20%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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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.