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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWM returned +21.2% and JNK returned +3.3%, so IWM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, IWM or JNK?

IWM charges 0.19% a year and JNK charges 0.40%, so IWM 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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IWM vs JNK: how they differ

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

iShares Russell 2000 ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

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

Positions IWM and JNK both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	IWM	JNK
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.	0.06%	0.00%
Gulfport Energy Corp.	0.08%	0.00%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in IWM	Only in JNK
Moog, Inc. 0.38%	1261229 BC LTD 0.64%
Hut 8 Corp. 0.37%	MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.58%
Viasat, Inc. 0.35%	ECHOSTAR CORP 0.52%
BrightSpring Health Services, Inc. 0.35%	PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.49%
Cytokinetics, Inc. 0.35%	CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.42%
MaxLinear, Inc. 0.34%	QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.41%
Argan, Inc. 0.34%	DISH NETWORK CORP 0.41%
UMB Financial Corp. 0.33%	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.

IWM and JNK on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF	JNK State Street(R) SPDR(R) Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	State Street
What it is	Russell 2000	SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond
Total return, 1 year	+21.2%	+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+3.7 pts	−14.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.19%	0.40%
Holdings	2014	1198

IWM in plain words

IWM is an index equity fund tracking the Russell 2000. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.19% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2014 positions, with the top ten at 3.4%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

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, IWM or JNK?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWM returned +21.2% and JNK returned +3.3%, so IWM returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, IWM or JNK?: IWM charges 0.19% a year and JNK charges 0.40%, so IWM is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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