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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and MTUM +18.4%.

Which is cheaper, JNK or MTUM?

MTUM is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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JNK vs MTUM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, JNK returned +1.7% to MTUM's +18.4%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $5.9bn for State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF and $18.7bn for iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF.

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At a glance

+1.7%

JNK total return, 1 year

+18.4%

MTUM total return, 1 year

0.40%

JNK expense ratio

0.15%

MTUM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

MTUM costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.7 points; MTUM is 3.2 times larger.

JNK vs MTUM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	JNK	MTUM
Return
Measure	JNK	MTUM
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+18.4%
Drawdown
Measure	JNK	MTUM
Below its high		11.9%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	JNK	MTUM
What it tracks	Bloomberg High Yield Very Liquid Index	MSCI USA Momentum SR Variant Index
Cost and size
Measure	JNK	MTUM
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$5.9bn	$18.7bn
Holdings
Measure	JNK	MTUM
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		93%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		35.5%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, JNK and MTUM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JNK MTUM

Only in one fund ↓

Only in JNK

1261229 BC LTD SR SECURED 144A 04/32 10 0.65%

MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC SR SECURED 144A 04/31 6.25 0.53%

QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC SR SECURED 144A 03/32 6.375 0.46%

ECHOSTAR CORP SR SECURED 11/29 10.75 0.45%

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP SR UNSECURED 144A 04/32 9.25 0.44%

SOFTBANK GROUP CORP SR UNSECURED 144A 04/34 9.75 0.43%

PR RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 SR SECURED 144A 05/31 6.5 0.42%

VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC SR SECURED 144A 02/29 9.5 0.42%

Only in MTUM

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 6.06%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 5.00%

INTEL CORPORATION 3.92%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 3.64%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 3.45%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 2.96%

PALO ALTO NETWORKS 2.88%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.62%

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Side by side

JNK State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF MTUM iShares MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond Tracks the MSCI USA Momentum Factor

Total return, 1 year +1.7% +18.4%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +13.6% (MLRG)

Gap to its benchmark +3.1 pts vs AGG +4.8 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.15%

Holdings 1142 126

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $5.9bn $18.7bn

JNK and MTUM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

JNK

JNK tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% a year.

MTUM

MTUM tracks the MSCI USA Momentum Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.4% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 126 positions, with the top ten at 35.5%. It sat 11.9% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JNK or MTUM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and MTUM +18.4%.
Which is cheaper, JNK or MTUM?: MTUM is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. That is about $25 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

JNK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

JNK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

MTUM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MTUM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for MTUM ↗

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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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