ETF comparison
SHYG vs USHY
Both US High Yield Bond.
iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
1,069 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of SHYG and USHY would leave roughly 55.3% 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 22 bps cheaper than SHYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/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 SHYG vs USHY.
Top shared holdings
1,069 shared in total| # | Holding | In SHYG | In USHY | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC | 0.58% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 2 | ECHOSTAR CORP | 0.53% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 3 | PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 | 0.46% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 4 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP LLC | 0.43% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 5 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP LLC | 0.42% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| 6 | HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD | 0.37% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 7 | SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 | 0.29% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 8 | WULF COMPUTE LLC | 0.37% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 9 | CRC INSURANCE GROUP LLC | 0.27% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 10 | VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC | 0.36% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 11 | CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE | 0.34% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | EMRLD BOR / EMRLD CO-ISS | 0.24% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
Only in SHYG
83 total- DISH DBS CORP 0.24%
- RAKUTEN GROUP INC 0.21%
- SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP 0.17%
- ICAHN ENTERPRISES/FIN 0.16%
- WYNN MACAU LTD 0.15%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS NE 0.15%
- TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS NE 0.14%
- TALEN ENERGY SUPPLY LLC 0.14%
- MELCO RESORTS FINANCE 0.13%
- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.13%
Only in USHY
823 total- QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%
- ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%
- NEXSTAR MEDIA INC 0.23%
- ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.21%
- OAK-EAGLE ACQUIRECO INC 0.20%
- TRANSDIGM INC 0.20%
- OAK-EAGLE ACQUIRECO INC 0.18%
- QXO BUILDING PRODUCTS 0.18%
- LEVEL 3 FINANCING INC 0.18%
- CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.18%
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More comparisons with USHY
- USHY vs SJNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF 48.9%
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- USHY vs FALN · iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF 4.8%
- USHY vs ANGL · VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF 4.1%
- USHY vs BKLN · Invesco Senior Loan ETF 2.5%
- USHY vs AGG · iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 0.0%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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/methodology/.
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