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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +3.3% and SPHQ returned +17.4%, so SPHQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, JNK or SPHQ?

JNK charges 0.40% a year and SPHQ charges 0.15%, so SPHQ 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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JNK vs SPHQ: how they differ

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

State Street(R) SPDR(R) Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF and Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

What they hold in common

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

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in JNK	Only in SPHQ
1261229 BC LTD 0.64%	Costco Wholesale Corp. 4.82%
MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC 0.58%	Visa Inc. 4.69%
ECHOSTAR CORP 0.52%	Apple Inc. 4.51%
PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.49%	Mastercard Inc. 4.32%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.42%	General Electric Co. 4.16%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.41%	Lam Research Corp. 4.10%
DISH NETWORK CORP 0.41%	Caterpillar Inc. 3.78%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.40%	Cisco Systems, Inc. 3.54%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

JNK and SPHQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	JNK State Street(R) SPDR(R) Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF	SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	Invesco
What it is	SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond	S&P 500 Quality
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	−0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.15%
Holdings	1198	99

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.

SPHQ in plain words

SPHQ is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 99 positions, with the top ten at 40.7%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JNK or SPHQ?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +3.3% and SPHQ returned +17.4%, so SPHQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, JNK or SPHQ?: JNK charges 0.40% a year and SPHQ charges 0.15%, so SPHQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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