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ETF comparison

AGG vs HYLB

US Aggregate Bond vs US High Yield Bond.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF · Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
0.0 %

9 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of AGG and HYLB would leave roughly 0.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

AGG unmatched 98.3% Shared 0.0% HYLB unmatched 97.6%

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.

In AGG only
13,373 positions
Shared
9 positions
In HYLB only
1,260 positions

Side by side

AGG

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

iShares · US Aggregate Bond

89 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.030%
Net assets
$139.94B
TTM yield
3.80%
Top-10 conc.
3.9%
HYLB

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

DWS · US High Yield Bond

82 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.050%
Net assets
$3.30B
TTM yield
6.20%
Top-10 conc.
3.6%

Sub-score comparison

97
Cost
95
53
Tax efficiency
46
100
Liquidity
79
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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AGG sub-score HYLB

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

AGG is 2 bps cheaper than HYLB. On a $100,000 position that's about $20/yr more in fees for HYLB.

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 AGG vs HYLB.

Top shared holdings

9 shared in total
# Holding In AGG In HYLB Overlap
1 CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.03% 0.15% 0.03%
2 CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.00% 0.09% 0.00%
3 PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP 0.00% 0.06% 0.00%
4 CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.00% 0.15% 0.00%
5 CHARTER COMM OPT LLC/CAP 0.00% 0.09% 0.00%
6 PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP 0.00% 0.07% 0.00%
7 PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORP 0.00% 0.05% 0.00%
8 SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP 0.00% 0.13% 0.00%
9 SEAGATE DATA STOR 0.00% 0.03% 0.00%

Only in AGG

13,373 total
  • United States Treasury 0.41%
  • United States Treasury 0.40%
  • United States Treasury 0.40%
  • United States Treasury 0.40%
  • United States Treasury 0.39%
  • United States Treasury 0.39%
  • United States Treasury 0.39%
  • United States Treasury 0.38%
  • United States Treasury 0.38%
  • United States Treasury 0.38%

Only in HYLB

1,260 total
  • 1261229 B.C. LTD 0.54%
  • ECHOSTAR CORP 0.50%
  • PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 LLC 0.37%
  • QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.35%
  • CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP HOLDINGS INC 0.34%
  • CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP INC 0.33%
  • HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.30%
  • NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP INC 0.30%
  • ASURION LLC / ASURION CO-ISSUER INC 0.29%
  • VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.29%

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/.

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.