Which returned more over the last year, BSV or JNK?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and JNK returned +3.3%, so JNK returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or JNK?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and JNK charges 0.40%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BSV vs JNK: how they differ

BSV and JNK hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and JNK returned more over the year.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV and JNK hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions BSV and JNK both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	BSV	JNK
T-Mobile USA Inc	0.00%	0.00%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BSV	Only in JNK
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	1261229 BC LTD 0.64%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.58%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	ECHOSTAR CORP 0.52%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.49%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.42%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.41%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	DISH NETWORK CORP 0.41%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%	SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.40%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

BSV and JNK on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund	JNK State Street(R) SPDR(R) Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	State Street
What it is	Short-Term Bond	SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	−14.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.40%
Holdings	3185	1198

BSV in plain words

BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

JNK in plain words

JNK is a bond fund tracking the SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSV or JNK?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and JNK returned +3.3%, so JNK returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or JNK?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and JNK charges 0.40%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BSV against JNK, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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