ETF comparison

SHYGvsSJNK

Both US High Yield Bond.

iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
70.7%

979 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SHYG and SJNK would leave roughly70.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

SHYG only 39.0%Shared 70.7%SJNK only 27.2%
In SHYG only
171 positions
Shared
979 positions
In SJNK only
170 positions

Side by side

SHYG

iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US High Yield Bond

74composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.30%
Net assets
$7.76B
TTM yield
7.07%
Top-10 conc.
16.3%
SJNK

State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF

State Street · US High Yield Bond

69composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$4.82B
TTM yield
7.03%
Top-10 conc.
9.9%

Sub-score comparison

70
Cost
60
44
Tax efficiency
44
95
Liquidity
86
91
Concentration
100
Tracking quality
SHYGsub-scoreSJNK

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

SHYG is 10 bps cheaper than SJNK. On a $100,000 position that's about $100/yr more in fees for SJNK.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open thecost calculator pre-filled with SHYG vs SJNK.

Top shared holdings

979 shared in total
#HoldingIn SHYGIn SJNKOverlap
1ECHOSTAR CORP0.53%0.63%0.53%
2CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC0.44%0.43%0.43%
3CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC0.46%0.43%0.43%
4WULF COMPUTE LLC0.39%0.42%0.39%
5VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC0.38%0.44%0.38%
6DISH NETWORK CORP0.37%0.36%0.36%
7CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP0.35%0.36%0.35%
8AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN0.35%0.34%0.34%
9DISH DBS CORP0.33%0.34%0.33%
10TRANSDIGM INC0.33%0.42%0.33%
11MAUSER PACKAGING SOLUT0.31%0.34%0.31%
12NEPTUNE BIDCO US INC0.31%0.31%0.31%

Only in SHYG

171 total
  • BlackRock Funds III12.63%
  • VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC0.27%
  • ENTEGRIS INC0.19%
  • SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP0.17%
  • CARVANA CO0.17%
  • DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC0.16%
  • TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS NE0.15%
  • VISTRA CORP0.15%
  • DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS0.15%
  • TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS NE0.15%

Only in SJNK

170 total
  • CENTENE CORP0.51%
  • CRC INSURANCE GROUP LLC0.34%
  • CENTENE CORP0.32%
  • SM ENERGY CO0.21%
  • APLD COMPUTECO 3 LLC0.20%
  • COREWEAVE INC0.19%
  • MOHEGAN TRIBAL / MS DIG0.19%
  • CENTENE CORP0.17%
  • SE COSMOS LLC0.15%
  • SOLARIS ENERGY INFRASTRU0.15%

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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.