Which returned more over the last year, HYLB or SJNK?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYLB returned +1.2% and SJNK +1.2%.

Which is cheaper, HYLB or SJNK?

HYLB is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HYLB vs SJNK: Differences, Returns & Fees

HYLB's duration was 2.9 years on May 29, 2026 and SJNK's 2.3 on Jun 30, 2026; HYLB charges 0.05% to SJNK's 0.40%. Net assets: $3.2bn on Oct 19, 2026 for Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, and $4.4bn on Oct 20, 2026 for State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF.

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HYLB costs 0.35 points a year less; both returned +1.2% over a year; SJNK is 1.4 times larger.

HYLB vs SJNK: Differences, Returns & Fees
	HYLB	SJNK
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.40%
Net assets, as of Oct 19, 2026	$3.2bn	$4.4bn
Total return, 1 year	+1.2%	+1.2%
What it tracks	Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Index	Bloomberg US High Yield 350mn Cash Pay 0-5 Yr 2% Capped Index
Holdings in common	47%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

+1.2%

HYLB total return, 1 year

+1.2%

SJNK total return, 1 year

0.05%

HYLB expense ratio

0.40%

SJNK expense ratio

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HYLB and SJNK are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. HYLB follows Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Index and SJNK follows Bloomberg US High Yield 350mn Cash Pay 0-5 Yr 2% Capped Index.
Holdings in common. 47% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).
Cost. HYLB charges 0.05% of assets a year and SJNK 0.40%, a gap of 0.35 points.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYLB and SJNK hold 47% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding HYLB SJNK

SATS 10.75 11/30/29 ., due Nov 30, 2029 0.51% 0.63%

TRACTD 6.5 05/01/31 144A, due May 1, 2031 0.40% 0.51%

TIBX 6.5 03/31/29 144A, due Mar 31, 2029 0.35% 0.43%

TIBX 9 09/30/29 144A, due Sep 30, 2029 0.33% 0.43%

DISH 11.75 11/15/27 144A, due Nov 15, 2027 0.32% 0.36%

HBGCN 7.25 06/15/30 144A, due Jun 15, 2030 0.29% 0.30%

TIHLLC 7.125 06/01/31 144A, due Jun 1, 2031 0.28% 0.34%

VENLNG 9.5 02/01/29 144A, due Feb 1, 2029 0.28% 0.44%

CNC 4.625 12/15/29, due Dec 15, 2029 0.28% 0.51%

CHTR 4.75 03/01/30 144A, due Mar 1, 2030 0.25% 0.36%

EMECLI 6.625 12/15/30 144A, due Dec 15, 2030 0.25% 0.38%

TDG 6.375 03/01/29 144A, due Mar 1, 2029 0.24% 0.42%

Only in HYLB

BHCCN 10 04/15/32 144A, due Apr 15, 2032 0.53%

QUIKHO 6.375 03/01/32 144A, due Mar 1, 2032 0.35%

ASUCOR 8 12/31/32 144A, due Dec 31, 2032 0.30%

NXST 6.5 09/15/33 144A, due Sep 15, 2033 0.29%

ASUCOR 8.375 02/01/34 144A, due Feb 1, 2034 0.28%

CCL 5.75 08/01/32 144A, due Aug 1, 2032 0.26%

EA 7.25 07/01/33 144A, due Jul 1, 2033 0.26%

TDG 6.375 05/31/33 144A, due May 31, 2033 0.23%

Only in SJNK

Meridian Arc Holdco LLC, due Apr 30, 2031 0.65%

WULF Compute LLC, due Oct 15, 2030 0.42%

SV RNO Property Owner 1 LLC, due Mar 1, 2031 0.41%

Core Scientific Finance I LLC, due May 15, 2031 0.38%

Rakuten Group Inc, due Feb 15, 2027 0.35%

American Airlines Inc/AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd, due Apr 20, 2029 0.34%

DISH DBS Corp, due Dec 1, 2026 0.34%

APLD ComputeCo LLC, due Dec 15, 2030 0.29%

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On the same fields

HYLB

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

SJNK

State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Xtrackers State Street

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +1.2% +1.2%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.6% (IUSB) −1.9% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark +2.8 pts vs IUSB +3.2 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.40%

Holdings 1277 1121

Net assets, HYLB as of Oct 19, 2026 and SJNK as of Oct 20, 2026 $3.2bn $4.4bn

HYLB and SJNK on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About HYLB

HYLB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +1.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.6% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year.

About SJNK

SJNK tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +1.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.9% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYLB or SJNK?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYLB returned +1.2% and SJNK +1.2%.
Which is cheaper, HYLB or SJNK?: HYLB is cheaper, by 0.35 percentage points a year. That is about $35 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

HYLB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HYLB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers website ↗SJNK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗SJNK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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