ETF comparison
HYG vs USHY
Both US High Yield Bond.
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
1,235 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYG and USHY would leave roughly 74.5% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
USHY is 41 bps cheaper than HYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $410/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 USHY.
Top shared holdings
1,235 shared in total| # | Holding | In HYG | In USHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1261229 BC LTD | 0.54% | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 2 | ECHOSTAR CORP | 0.44% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 3 | QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC | 0.33% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 4 | PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 | 0.26% | 0.28% | 0.26% |
| 5 | ASURION LLC/ASURION CO | 0.28% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 6 | MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC | 0.26% | 0.39% | 0.26% |
| 7 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC | 0.33% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 8 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC | 0.34% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 9 | HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD | 0.29% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 10 | SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 | 0.30% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 11 | WULF COMPUTE LLC | 0.26% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 12 | NEXSTAR MEDIA INC | 0.30% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
Only in HYG
82 total- DISH NETWORK CORP 0.32%
- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.22%
- VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.18%
- SAKS Global Enterprises LLC 0.16%
- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.11%
- WYNN MACAU LTD 0.11%
- WESCO DISTRIBUTION INC 0.11%
- CHART INDUSTRIES INC 0.11%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS NE 0.11%
- DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 0.10%
Only in USHY
657 total- CENTENE CORP 0.21%
- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.18%
- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.16%
- CENTENE CORP 0.13%
- CENTENE CORP 0.13%
- CENTENE CORP 0.12%
- GALAXY HELIOS DATA CNTR 0.12%
- AMC GLOBAL MEDIA INC 0.12%
- CARRIX INC 0.10%
- IRON MOUNTAIN INC 0.09%
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- HYG vs JNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF 62.5%
- HYG vs SHYG · iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 54.8%
- HYG vs SJNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF 47.6%
- HYG vs SRLN · State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 4.9%
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- USHY vs HYLB · Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 70.7%
- USHY vs JNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF 62.3%
- USHY vs SHYG · iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 55.3%
- USHY vs SJNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF 48.9%
- USHY vs SRLN · State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 6.8%
- USHY vs FALN · iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF 4.8%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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