HYG:what it yields, how rates move it and what it holds
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF. Portfolio as of August 31, 2026, from the fund's SEC filing (Form N-PORT).
High yield. Company bonds rated below BBB. They pay more because more of them are not repaid.
Yield to maturity (YTM)
7.11%
+2.61 points over US Treasuries of the same maturity
As of August 31, 2026, before the fund's costs.
- If rates rise 1 pointestimated from its duration, 2.9 years
- -2.9%
- Investment gradeof the credit risk, BBB or better
- 1%
- Size1,324 positions
- $16.2B
In a few words
HYG holds 1,324 positions. 94% of the portfolio is corporate bonds. On August 31, 2026, the bonds it holds had a yield to maturity (YTM) of 7.11% a year, before the fund's costs. Its duration is 2.9 years: if rates rise by 1 percentage point, its price falls about 2.9%. In 2022, when rates rose sharply, its total return was -11.4%.
Every ETF in High yieldIf rates change
A rough estimate, if rates moved at once and equally at every maturity.
Price, at once
-2.9%
Over 12 months, with the yield
+4.2%
Ready-made moves
| Change in rates | At once | 12 months |
|---|---|---|
| +2.9% | +10.0% | |
| +1.5% | +8.6% | |
| 0.0% | +7.1% | |
| -1.5% | +5.7% | |
| -2.9% | +4.2% | |
| -5.8% | +1.3% |
At a yield of 7.11% and a duration of 2.9 years, a rise in rates of about 2.45 points within the year would eat the whole year's yield.
Past returns
The ETF's total return, price change plus distributions, as the fund reports it to the SEC.
Last 12 months
+4.4%
3 years, average per year
+8.2%
Worst 12 months
-14.3%
Largest fall from a peak
-14.9%
100 at the start 133.0 at the end, distributions reinvested
What it holds
Portfolio as of August 31, 2026: who issued the bonds, when they mature and the largest issuers.
Who issued the bonds
Largest issuers
The 10 largest are 10.8% of the fund.
When they mature
Details
- Positions
- 1,324
- Average coupon
- 6.64%
- Floating rate
- 0.0%
- In other currencies
- 0.0%
- Mortgage-backed
- 0.0%
- In default
- 0.01%
- Hard to value
- 0.30%
- Cash and cash funds
- 14.5%
Maturities as stated on the bonds. Mortgage bonds, many corporate bonds and city bonds can be repaid early, so in practice they mature sooner.
Similar bond ETFs
Same kind as HYG, nearest in rate sensitivity.
- SPHYState Street SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETFIf rates +1%-2.9%
- HYLBXtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETFIf rates +1%-2.9%
- USHYiShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETFIf rates +1%-3.0%
- JNKState Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETFIf rates +1%-3.0%
- SHYGiShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETFIf rates +1%-2.1%
- SJNKState Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETFIf rates +1%-2.1%
| ETF | Yield (YTM) | If rates +1% | 2022 | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPHYState Street SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF | 7.22% | -2.9% | -10.7% | $11.3B |
| HYLBXtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 7.09% | -2.9% | -11.1% | $3.6B |
| USHYiShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 7.34% | -3.0% | -11.4% | $28.6B |
| JNKState Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF | 7.34% | -3.0% | -12.4% | $7.3B |
| SHYGiShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 7.20% | -2.1% | -4.9% | $7.6B |
| SJNKState Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF | 7.31% | -2.1% | -5.6% | $4.9B |
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How much would HYG fall if rates rose?
With a duration of 2.9 years, an immediate one-point rise in rates would take about 2.9% off its price. An equal fall would add about the same.
What is HYG's yield?
On August 31, 2026, according to its filing, the bonds it holds had a yield to maturity (YTM) of 7.11% a year, before the fund's costs. That is not the distribution the ETF pays, and it moves every day with prices.
How did HYG do in 2022?
In 2022 HYG returned -11.4% in total, as the fund reports it.
Is this HYG's dividend yield?
No. The yield to maturity shown here is what the bonds the fund holds would earn a year if held to maturity, at the prices on the filing date. The dividend yield measures what the ETF paid over the last 12 months against its price, and it lags, because it depends on the coupons of bonds bought earlier. The SEC yield the issuer publishes is a standardised 30-day figure after costs, and usually lands close to the yield to maturity, a little below. When rates have risen, the dividend yield is usually lower than the other two.
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