ETF comparison
HYG vs SCYB
Both US High Yield Bond.
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · Schwab High Yield Bond ETF
Holdings overlap
1,256 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYG and SCYB would leave roughly 72.6% 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
SCYB is 46 bps cheaper than HYG. On a $100,000 position that's about $460/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 SCYB.
Top shared holdings
1,256 shared in total| # | Holding | In HYG | In SCYB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1261229 BC LTD | 0.50% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| 2 | MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC | 0.45% | 0.34% | 0.34% |
| 3 | PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 | 0.34% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 4 | ECHOSTAR CORP | 0.43% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 5 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP LLC | 0.32% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 6 | QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC | 0.32% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 7 | GALAXY HELIOS DATA CNTR | 0.30% | 0.24% | 0.24% |
| 8 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP LLC | 0.32% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 9 | ASURION LLC/ASURION CO | 0.29% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 10 | NEXSTAR MEDIA INC | 0.28% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 11 | SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 | 0.28% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | CENTENE CORP | 0.26% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
Only in HYG
60 total- MPT OPER PARTNERSP/FINL 0.23%
- DISH DBS CORP 0.22%
- BEACH ACQUISITION BIDCO 0.21%
- TALEN ENERGY SUPPLY LLC 0.21%
- ECHOSTAR CORP 0.18%
- CARVANA CO 0.17%
- TALEN ENERGY SUPPLY LLC 0.13%
- DISH DBS CORP 0.11%
- SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORP 0.10%
- WYNN MACAU LTD 0.10%
Only in SCYB
583 total- DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.19%
- CENTENE CORP 0.12%
- DRESDNER FNDG TRUST I 0.08%
- PARAMOUNT GLOBAL 0.08%
- ALTAGAS LTD 0.07%
- GRIFOLS SA 0.07%
- EXCELERATE ENERGY LP 0.07%
- COMPOSECURE HOLDINGS LLC 0.07%
- BORR IHC LTD / BORR FIN 0.07%
- AP CORE HOLDINGS II LLC 0.07%
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More comparisons with HYG
- HYG vs SPHY · State Street SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond Index ETF 70.2%
- HYG vs JNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF 63.4%
- 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%
More comparisons with SCYB
- SCYB vs HYLB · Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 69.9%
- SCYB vs JNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF 58.7%
- SCYB vs SHYG · iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF 53.7%
- SCYB vs SJNK · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF 47.2%
- SCYB vs SRLN · State Street Blackstone Senior Loan ETF 6.7%
- SCYB vs FALN · iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF 5.9%
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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