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
745 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYLB and SHYG would leave roughly 54.2% 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
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
745 shared in total| # | Holding | In HYLB | In SHYG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ECHOSTAR CORP | 0.51% | 0.53% | 0.51% |
| 2 | PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC | 0.40% | 0.46% | 0.40% |
| 3 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP HOLDINGS INC | 0.35% | 0.43% | 0.35% |
| 4 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP INC | 0.33% | 0.42% | 0.33% |
| 5 | HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD | 0.29% | 0.37% | 0.29% |
| 6 | VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC | 0.28% | 0.36% | 0.28% |
| 7 | CRC INSURANCE GROUP LLC | 0.28% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 8 | CCO HOLDINGS LLC / CCO HOLDINGS CAPITAL CORP | 0.25% | 0.31% | 0.25% |
| 9 | TRANSDIGM INC | 0.24% | 0.31% | 0.24% |
| 10 | EMRLD BORROWER LP | 0.25% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 11 | 1011778 B.C. ULC / NEW RED FINANCE INC | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 12 | CCO HOLDINGS LLC / CCO HOLDINGS CAPITAL CORP | 0.24% | 0.28% | 0.24% |
Only in HYLB
532 total- QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.35%
- DISH NETWORK CORP 0.32%
- ASURION LLC / ASURION CO-ISSUER INC 0.30%
- NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INC 0.29%
- ASURION LLC / ASURION CO-ISSUER INC 0.28%
- CARNIVAL CORP LTD 0.26%
- OAK-EAGLE ACQUIRECO INC 0.26%
- COREWEAVE INC 0.25%
- TRANSDIGM INC 0.23%
- OAK-EAGLE ACQUIRECO INC 0.23%
Only in SHYG
407 total- MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.58%
- WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.37%
- CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE 0.34%
- DISH DBS CORP 0.33%
- AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN 0.32%
- SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.29%
- APLD COMPUTECO LLC 0.27%
- DISH DBS CORP 0.24%
- APLD COMPUTECO 2 LLC 0.21%
- RAKUTEN GROUP INC 0.21%
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- HYLB vs FALN · iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF 3.8%
- HYLB vs BKLN · Invesco Senior Loan ETF 2.7%
- HYLB vs ANGL · VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF 2.6%
- HYLB vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
More comparisons with SHYG
- SHYG vs JNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF 44.0%
- SHYG vs SRLN · State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 5.1%
- SHYG vs FALN · iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF 4.2%
- SHYG vs ANGL · VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF 3.2%
- SHYG vs BKLN · Invesco Senior Loan ETF 2.0%
- SHYG vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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