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

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

Which is cheaper, JNK or USHY?

JNK charges 0.40% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so USHY 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 USHY: how they differ

JNK and USHY hold 60% of their weight in the same names.

State Street(R) SPDR(R) Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, JNK and USHY hold 60% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions JNK and USHY both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	JNK	USHY
1261229 BC LTD	0.64%	0.48%
ECHOSTAR CORP	0.52%	0.42%
QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC	0.41%	0.29%
SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1	0.40%	0.28%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC	0.42%	0.27%
WULF COMPUTE LLC	0.35%	0.26%
ASURION LLC/ASURION CO	0.34%	0.26%
CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC	0.38%	0.26%
HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD	0.26%	0.26%
VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC	0.38%	0.24%
ASURION LLC/ASURION CO	0.35%	0.23%
DISH NETWORK CORP	0.41%	0.22%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in JNK	Only in USHY
DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.24%	AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN 0.21%
APLD COMPUTECO 3 LLC 0.18%	DAVITA INC 0.21%
SOLARIS ENERGY INFRASTRU 0.15%	DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.20%
QXO BUILDING PRODUCTS 0.14%	1011778 BC / NEW RED FIN 0.20%
HARVEST MIDSTREAM I LP 0.14%	CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.19%
WYNN MACAU LTD 0.14%	CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.19%
HUMANA INC 0.14%	CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP 0.19%
QXO BUILDING PRODUCTS 0.14%	DISCOVERY HOLDINGS INC 0.19%

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 USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	JNK State Street(R) SPDR(R) Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF	USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	iShares
What it is	SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond	Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+3.3%	+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−14.2 pts	−14.2 pts
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.08%
Holdings	1198	1894

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.

USHY in plain words

USHY is a bond fund tracking the Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JNK or USHY?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +3.3% and USHY returned +3.3%, so JNK returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, JNK or USHY?: JNK charges 0.40% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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JNK against USHY, 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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