ETF comparison
FALN vs SHYG
Both US High Yield Bond.
iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF · iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
52 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FALN and SHYG would leave roughly 15.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
FALN is 5 bps cheaper than SHYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 FALN vs SHYG.
Top shared holdings
52 shared in total| # | Holding | In FALN | In SHYG | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock Funds III | 14.14% | 12.63% | 12.63% |
| 2 | NISSAN MOTOR CO | 1.05% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| 3 | NISSAN MOTOR CO | 1.00% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 4 | CELANESE US HOLDINGS LLC | 0.61% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| 5 | GFL ENVIRONMENTAL INC | 2.15% | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| 6 | CELANESE US HOLDINGS LLC | 0.48% | 0.10% | 0.10% |
| 7 | HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL L | 1.48% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 8 | CELANESE US HOLDINGS LLC | 0.45% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 9 | NISSAN MOTOR ACCEPTANCE | 0.32% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 10 | WHIRLPOOL CORP | 0.78% | 0.09% | 0.09% |
| 11 | METHANEX CORP | 1.44% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
| 12 | VF CORP | 1.21% | 0.08% | 0.08% |
Only in FALN
110 total- VODAFONE GROUP PLC 2.99%
- RESORTS WORLD/RWLV CAP 1.84%
- PACIFICORP 1.78%
- TRANSOCEAN INTERNTNL LTD 1.22%
- HORIZON MUTUAL HOLDINGS 1.18%
- NEWELL BRANDS INC 1.18%
- BOMBARDIER INC 1.18%
- NORDSTROM INC 1.10%
- APTIV SWISS HOLDINGS LTD 1.06%
- NAVIENT CORP 1.05%
Only in SHYG
1,098 total- ECHOSTAR CORP 0.53%
- CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.46%
- CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.44%
- WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.39%
- HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.39%
- VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.38%
- DISH NETWORK CORP 0.37%
- AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN 0.35%
- CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.35%
- DISH DBS CORP 0.33%
Open FALN or SHYG at a brokerage
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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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