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JNK vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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On Jun 30, 2026 JNK's duration was 3.4 years and SPSB's 1.8; SPSB charges 0.04% to JNK's 0.40%.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $5.9bn for State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF and $11.3bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

JNK on its own →SPSB on its own →
At a glance
+1.7%
JNK total return, 1 year
+2.2%
SPSB total return, 1 year
0.40%
JNK expense ratio
0.04%
SPSB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPSB costs 0.36 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points; SPSB is 1.9 times larger.

JNK vs SPSB: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureJNKSPSB
Return
Total return, 1 year+1.7%+2.2%
Benchmark
What it tracksBloomberg High Yield Very Liquid IndexBloomberg U.S. 1-3 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.40%0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$5.9bn$11.3bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026. Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, JNK and SPSB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

0 half 100%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JNK SPSB
T-Mobile USA Inc, due Feb 15, 2029 0.00% 0.05%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in JNK
1261229 BC Ltd, due Apr 15, 2032 0.63%
Meridian Arc Holdco LLC, due Apr 30, 2031 0.56%
EchoStar Corp, due Nov 30, 2029 0.51%
PR RNO Property Owner 1 LLC, due May 1, 2031 0.48%
Cloud Software Group Inc, due Mar 31, 2029 0.41%
Quikrete Holdings Inc, due Mar 1, 2032 0.40%
DISH Network Corp, due Nov 15, 2027 0.40%
SV RNO Property Owner 1 LLC, due Mar 1, 2031 0.39%
Only in SPSB
Salesforce Inc, due Mar 15, 2029 0.56%
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Oct 29, 2028 0.44%
Bank of America Corp, due Dec 20, 2028 0.42%
Citigroup Inc, due Mar 4, 2029 0.42%
Morgan Stanley, due Apr 10, 2030 0.38%
JPMorgan Chase & Co, due Jul 25, 2028 0.38%
Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd, due May 19, 2028 0.37%
Sprint Capital Corp, due Nov 15, 2028 0.37%
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Side by side

JNK State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF SPSB State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer State Street State Street
What it is Tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond Tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year +1.7% +2.2%
Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) −1.4% (AGG)
Gap to its benchmark +3.1 pts vs AGG +3.6 pts vs AGG
Expense ratio 0.40% 0.04%
Holdings 1142 1684
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $5.9bn $11.3bn

JNK and SPSB 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.

SPSB

SPSB tracks an index of Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JNK or SPSB?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and SPSB +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, JNK or SPSB?
SPSB is cheaper, by 0.36 percentage points a year. That is about $36 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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JNK on its own →SPSB on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →JNK dividend history →JNK holdings →SPSB dividend history →SPSB holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
JNK and SPSB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
JNK and SPSB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
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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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