ETF comparison
HYLB vs SHYG
Both US High Yield Bond.
Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
728 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYLB and SHYG would leave roughly 54.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
HYLB is 25 bps cheaper than SHYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $250/yr more in fees for SHYG.
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 HYLB vs SHYG.
Top shared holdings
728 shared in total| # | Holding | In HYLB | In SHYG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EchoStar Corp. | 0.52% | 0.53% | 0.52% |
| 2 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP HOLDINGS INC | 0.34% | 0.46% | 0.34% |
| 3 | Cloud Software Group Inc. | 0.34% | 0.44% | 0.34% |
| 4 | HUB International Ltd. | 0.30% | 0.39% | 0.30% |
| 5 | DISH Network Corporation | 0.30% | 0.37% | 0.30% |
| 6 | Venture Global LNG Inc. | 0.29% | 0.38% | 0.29% |
| 7 | CCO Holdings, LLC/ CCO Holdings Capital Corp. | 0.25% | 0.35% | 0.25% |
| 8 | TransDigm, Inc. | 0.25% | 0.33% | 0.25% |
| 9 | CCO Holdings, LLC/ CCO Holdings Capital Corp. | 0.25% | 0.27% | 0.25% |
| 10 | 1011778 B.C. ULC | 0.25% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 11 | Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co. | 0.24% | 0.31% | 0.24% |
| 12 | EMRLD BORROWER LP | 0.25% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
Only in HYLB
528 total- DWS GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY SECURITIES PORTFOLIO DWS GOVERNMENT CASH INSTITUTIONAL SHARES 5.81%
- Quikrete Holdings Inc 0.37%
- ASURION LLC 0.31%
- ASURION LLC 0.29%
- Carnival Corporation 0.28%
- Truist Insurance Holdings LLC & Panther Co-Issuer Inc. 0.27%
- TransDigm, Inc. 0.24%
- CCO Holdings, LLC/ CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 0.24%
- Level 3 Financing, Inc. 0.22%
- WarnerMedia Holdings Inc. 0.22%
Only in SHYG
422 total- BlackRock Funds III 12.63%
- WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.39%
- AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN 0.35%
- DISH DBS CORP 0.33%
- APLD COMPUTECO LLC 0.29%
- SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.26%
- DISH DBS CORP 0.24%
- RAKUTEN GROUP INC 0.21%
- APLD COMPUTECO 2 LLC 0.21%
- CIPHER COMPUTE LLC 0.20%
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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/.
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