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JNK vs VCSH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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JNK's duration was 3.4 years on Jun 30, 2026 and VCSH's 2.7 on May 31, 2026; VCSH charges 0.03% to JNK's 0.40%.

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Net assets: $5.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF, and $43.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

JNK on its own →VCSH on its own →
At a glance
+1.7%
JNK total return, 1 year
+1.3%
VCSH total return, 1 year
0.40%
JNK expense ratio
0.03%
VCSH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCSH costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.4 points; VCSH is 6.8 times larger.

JNK vs VCSH: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureJNKVCSH
Return
Total return, 1 year+1.7%+1.3%
Benchmark
What it tracksBloomberg High Yield Very Liquid IndexBloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.40%0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$6.5bn$43.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026. Method

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, JNK and VCSH hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

0 half 100%

half

0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JNK VCSH
T-Mobile USA Inc, due Feb 15, 2029 0.00% 0.04%
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 VCSH
US TREASURY N/B, due May 31, 2028 0.83%
BANK OF AMER CRP, due Dec 20, 2028 0.23%
ABBVIE INC, due Nov 21, 2029 0.21%
CVS HEALTH CORP, due Mar 25, 2028 0.20%
T-MOBILE USA INC, due Apr 15, 2030 0.19%
BOEING CO, due May 1, 2030 0.19%
WELLS FARGO CO, due Jul 25, 2029 0.18%
JPMORGAN CHASE, due Apr 23, 2032 0.18%
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Side by side

JNK State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF VCSH Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF
Issuer State Street Vanguard
What it is Tracks the Bloomberg High Yield Bond Tracks an index of Short-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year +1.7% +1.3%
Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +1.3% (SCHJ)
Gap to its benchmark +3.1 pts vs AGG 0.0 pts vs SCHJ
Expense ratio 0.40% 0.03%
Holdings 1142 3064
Net assets, JNK as of Oct 27, 2026 and VCSH as of Sep 30, 2026 $5.9bn $43.9bn

JNK and VCSH 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.

VCSH

VCSH tracks an index of Short-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested, against +1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 1-5 Year Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JNK or VCSH?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and VCSH +1.3%.
Which is cheaper, JNK or VCSH?
VCSH is cheaper, by 0.37 percentage points a year. That is about $37 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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JNK on its own →VCSH on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →JNK dividend history →JNK holdings →VCSH dividend history →VCSH holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
JNK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
JNK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street website ↗
VCSH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VCSH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VCSH ↗

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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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