ETF comparison
SCYB vs SPHY
Both US High Yield Bond.
Schwab High Yield Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
1,741 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SCYB and SPHY would leave roughly 75.8% 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
SCYB is 2 bps cheaper than SPHY. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for SPHY.
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 SCYB vs SPHY.
Top shared holdings
1,741 shared in total| # | Holding | In SCYB | In SPHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1261229 BC LTD | 0.42% | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 2 | MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC | 0.36% | 0.40% | 0.36% |
| 3 | ECHOSTAR CORP | 0.29% | 0.40% | 0.29% |
| 4 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC | 0.27% | 0.28% | 0.27% |
| 5 | QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC | 0.24% | 0.28% | 0.24% |
| 6 | SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 | 0.23% | 0.27% | 0.23% |
| 7 | CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE | 0.23% | 0.24% | 0.23% |
| 8 | ASURION LLC/ASURION CO | 0.22% | 0.25% | 0.22% |
| 9 | VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC | 0.22% | 0.24% | 0.22% |
| 10 | ASURION LLC/ASURION CO | 0.22% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 11 | CENTENE CORP | 0.22% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 12 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC | 0.21% | 0.27% | 0.21% |
Only in SCYB
92 total- VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.19%
- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.15%
- DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 0.09%
- DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 0.09%
- DIAMOND FRGN/DIAMOND FIN 0.08%
- LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMEN 0.08%
- CITGO PETROLEUM CORP 0.08%
- WESCO DISTRIBUTION INC 0.08%
- CARNIVAL CORP LTD 0.07%
- KIOXIA HOLDINGS CORP 0.07%
Only in SPHY
188 total- PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.30%
- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.20%
- CARVANA CO 0.17%
- BEACH ACQUISITION BIDCO 0.17%
- ECHOSTAR CORP 0.16%
- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.16%
- CARVANA CO 0.13%
- VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.10%
- APLD COMPUTECO 3 LLC 0.10%
- AP CORE HOLDINGS II LLC 0.10%
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- SCYB vs SHYG · iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 54.3%
- SCYB vs SJNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF 48.9%
- SCYB vs SRLN · State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 6.4%
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- SPHY vs HYG · iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 69.7%
- SPHY vs HYLB · Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 66.3%
- SPHY vs JNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF 64.5%
- SPHY vs SHYG · iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 56.4%
- SPHY vs SJNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF 53.7%
- SPHY vs SRLN · State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 6.4%
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/.
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