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HYG vs HYLB

Both US High Yield Bond.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
83.2 %

1,156 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYG and HYLB would leave roughly 83.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

HYG unmatched 13.4% Shared 83.2% HYLB unmatched 14.5%

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 HYG only
160 positions
Shared
1,156 positions
In HYLB only
113 positions

Side by side

HYG

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares · US High Yield Bond

70 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.49%
Net assets
$17.71B
TTM yield
5.56%
Top-10 conc.
3.6%
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

51
Cost
95
47
Tax efficiency
46
100
Liquidity
79
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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HYG sub-score HYLB

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

Cost difference

HYLB is 44 bps cheaper than HYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $440/yr more in fees for HYG.

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 HYG vs HYLB.

Top shared holdings

1,156 shared in total
# Holding In HYG In HYLB Overlap
1 1261229 BC LTD 0.50% 0.54% 0.50%
2 ECHOSTAR CORP 0.43% 0.50% 0.43%
3 PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.34% 0.37% 0.34%
4 QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.32% 0.35% 0.32%
5 CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP LLC 0.32% 0.34% 0.32%
6 CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP LLC 0.32% 0.33% 0.32%
7 ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.29% 0.29% 0.29%
8 HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.29% 0.30% 0.29%
9 NEXSTAR MEDIA INC 0.28% 0.30% 0.28%
10 CRC INSURANCE GROUP LLC 0.29% 0.28% 0.28%
11 VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.26% 0.29% 0.26%
12 OAK-EAGLE ACQUIRECO INC 0.26% 0.26% 0.26%

Only in HYG

160 total
  • MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.45%
  • GALAXY HELIOS DATA CNTR 0.30%
  • WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.28%
  • SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%
  • CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE 0.28%
  • MPT OPER PARTNERSP/FINL 0.23%
  • AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN 0.22%
  • APLD COMPUTECO LLC 0.22%
  • DISH DBS CORP 0.22%
  • BEACH ACQUISITION BIDCO 0.21%

Only in HYLB

113 total
  • GOL FINANCE SA 0.18%
  • CENTENE CORP 0.18%
  • CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC / CHARTER COMMUNICATION OPERATING CAPITAL CORP 0.15%
  • CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING LLC / CHARTER COMMUNICATION OPERATING CAPITAL CORP 0.15%
  • FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS LTD 0.12%
  • FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS LTD 0.12%
  • SAAVI ENERGIA SARL 0.10%
  • FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS LTD 0.10%
  • UNITI GROUP LP / UNITI GROUP FINANCE 2019 INC / CSL CAP LLC 0.09%
  • FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS LTD 0.09%

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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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