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

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
15.8 %

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.

FALN only 95.6% Shared 15.8% SHYG only 93.8%
In FALN only
110 positions
Shared
52 positions
In SHYG only
1,098 positions

Side by side

FALN

iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF

iShares · US High Yield Bond

66 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.25%
Net assets
$1.63B
TTM yield
6.46%
Top-10 conc.
30.1%
SHYG

iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US High Yield Bond

74 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.30%
Net assets
$7.60B
TTM yield
7.00%
Top-10 conc.
16.3%

Sub-score comparison

75
Cost
70
45
Tax efficiency
44
66
Liquidity
95
71
Concentration
91
Tracking quality
FALN sub-score SHYG

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

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%

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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.