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ETF comparison

HYG vs SJNK

Both US High Yield Bond.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
46.0 %

715 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of HYG and SJNK would leave roughly 46.0% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

HYG unmatched 50.5% Shared 46.0% SJNK unmatched 51.8%

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
601 positions
Shared
715 positions
In SJNK only
433 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%
SJNK

State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF

State Street · US High Yield Bond

69 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$4.33B
TTM yield
6.60%
Top-10 conc.
4.8%

Sub-score comparison

51
Cost
60
47
Tax efficiency
45
100
Liquidity
84
100
Concentration
100
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Tracking quality
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HYG sub-score SJNK

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

Cost difference

SJNK 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 SJNK.

Top shared holdings

715 shared in total
# Holding In HYG In SJNK Overlap
1 MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.45% 0.65% 0.45%
2 ECHOSTAR CORP 0.43% 0.63% 0.43%
3 PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.34% 0.51% 0.34%
4 CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP LLC 0.32% 0.43% 0.32%
5 CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP LLC 0.32% 0.43% 0.32%
6 HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.29% 0.30% 0.29%
7 CRC INSURANCE GROUP LLC 0.29% 0.34% 0.29%
8 WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.28% 0.42% 0.28%
9 SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28% 0.41% 0.28%
10 CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE 0.28% 0.38% 0.28%
11 VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 0.26% 0.44% 0.26%
12 CENTENE CORP 0.26% 0.51% 0.26%

Only in HYG

601 total
  • 1261229 BC LTD 0.50%
  • QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.32%
  • GALAXY HELIOS DATA CNTR 0.30%
  • ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.29%
  • NEXSTAR MEDIA INC 0.28%
  • OAK-EAGLE ACQUIRECO INC 0.26%
  • ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.24%
  • TRANSDIGM INC 0.24%
  • MPT OPER PARTNERSP/FINL 0.23%
  • OAK-EAGLE ACQUIRECO INC 0.22%

Only in SJNK

433 total
  • DISH NETWORK CORP 0.36%
  • RAKUTEN GROUP INC 0.35%
  • DISH DBS CORP 0.34%
  • CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR HO 0.23%
  • CENTENE CORP 0.23%
  • AIR CANADA 0.22%
  • IQVIA INC 0.21%
  • SM ENERGY CO 0.21%
  • DISH DBS CORP 0.20%
  • CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.20%

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/.

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.