ETF comparison
HYG vs JNK
Both US High Yield Bond.
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
898 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYG and JNK would leave roughly 63.4% 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
JNK is 9 bps cheaper than HYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $90/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 JNK.
Top shared holdings
898 shared in total| # | Holding | In HYG | In JNK | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1261229 BC LTD | 0.50% | 0.63% | 0.50% |
| 2 | MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC | 0.45% | 0.56% | 0.45% |
| 3 | ECHOSTAR CORP | 0.43% | 0.51% | 0.43% |
| 4 | PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 | 0.34% | 0.48% | 0.34% |
| 5 | QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC | 0.32% | 0.40% | 0.32% |
| 6 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP LLC | 0.32% | 0.41% | 0.32% |
| 7 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP LLC | 0.32% | 0.37% | 0.32% |
| 8 | ASURION LLC/ASURION CO | 0.29% | 0.34% | 0.29% |
| 9 | CRC INSURANCE GROUP LLC | 0.29% | 0.36% | 0.29% |
| 10 | WULF COMPUTE LLC | 0.28% | 0.34% | 0.28% |
| 11 | SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 | 0.28% | 0.39% | 0.28% |
| 12 | NEXSTAR MEDIA INC | 0.28% | 0.32% | 0.28% |
Only in HYG
418 total- GALAXY HELIOS DATA CNTR 0.30%
- CENTENE CORP 0.26%
- 1011778 BC / NEW RED FIN 0.24%
- CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.23%
- MPT OPER PARTNERSP/FINL 0.23%
- AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN 0.22%
- CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.22%
- DAVITA INC 0.22%
- CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.21%
- BEACH ACQUISITION BIDCO 0.21%
Only in JNK
296 total- DISH NETWORK CORP 0.40%
- JANE STREET GRP/JSG FIN 0.26%
- JANE STREET GRP/JSG FIN 0.24%
- COHERENT CORP 0.13%
- WATCO COS LLC/FINANCE CO 0.13%
- RAND PARENT LLC 0.13%
- GLOBAL AIR LEASE CO LTD 0.13%
- GARRETT MOTION HLD/SARL 0.12%
- BREAKWATER ENRGY HOLD 0.12%
- COLUMBUS MCKINNON CORP 0.12%
Related comparisons
More comparisons with HYG
- HYG vs SHYG · iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 53.6%
- HYG vs SJNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF 46.0%
- HYG vs SRLN · State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 5.2%
- HYG vs FALN · iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF 3.7%
- HYG vs ANGL · VanEck Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF 2.8%
- HYG vs BKLN · Invesco Senior Loan ETF 2.5%
More comparisons with JNK
- JNK vs USHY · iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 62.3%
- JNK vs HYLB · Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 61.1%
- JNK vs SCYB · Schwab High Yield Bond ETF 58.7%
- JNK vs SHYG · iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 44.0%
- JNK vs SJNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF 43.3%
- JNK vs SRLN · State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 5.0%
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/.
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