HYGiShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Tracks the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield corporate bonds.
By iShares · Launched 2007
Annual Cost
0.49%
#2,575 of 6,040 · average
Fund Size
$16.2B
#184 of 6,040 · large
Return (1Y)
+2.9%
Track Record
19 years
#460 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,062+0.6%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
Fixed incomeRegion
North americaStrategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index
Holdings
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 20.0% of funddiversified
BlackRock Funds III
15.8%
BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS TREASURY SL AGENCY SHARES
1.2%
1261229 BC LTD
0.5%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC
0.4%
ASURION LLC/ASURION CO
0.3%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC
0.3%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC
0.3%
DISH NETWORK CORP
0.3%
ECHOSTAR CORP
0.3%
WULF COMPUTE LLC
0.3%
Asset allocation
Bonds
98.6%
Cash
1.2%
Preferred
0.2%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
3.8%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-22.0%Moderate
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.79Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.18Good downside protection
Bond profile
Duration
6.7 years
Avg maturity
9.8 years
Credit ratings
BBB
1.1%
BB
57.9%
B
32.2%
Below B
8.3%
Other
0.6%
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield corporate bonds.
- Strategy
- Seeks to track the investment results of the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index, which includes U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield corporate bonds. Uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund, investing at least 80% of assets in the index's component securities.
- Inception date
- April 4, 2007
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-09-18