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JNK vs VGIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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JNK's duration was 3.4 years on Jun 30, 2026 and VGIT's 4.7 on May 31, 2026; VGIT 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 $39.7bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF.

JNK on its own →VGIT on its own →
At a glance
+1.7%
JNK total return, 1 year
−1.5%
VGIT total return, 1 year
0.40%
JNK expense ratio
0.03%
VGIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VGIT costs 0.37 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.2 points; VGIT is 6.1 times larger.

JNK vs VGIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureJNKVGIT
Return
Total return, 1 year+1.7%−1.5%
Drawdown
Below its high3.5%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
What it tracksBloomberg High Yield Very Liquid IndexBloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.40%0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$6.5bn$39.7bn
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 VGIT 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%

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first JNK VGIT
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 VGIT
US TREASURY N/B, due Feb 15, 2035 1.94%
US TREASURY N/B, due May 15, 2034 1.92%
US TREASURY N/B, due Nov 15, 2034 1.90%
US TREASURY N/B, due Aug 15, 2035 1.89%
US TREASURY N/B, due May 15, 2035 1.89%
US TREASURY N/B, due Aug 15, 2034 1.87%
US TREASURY N/B, due Feb 15, 2034 1.87%
US TREASURY N/B, due Nov 15, 2033 1.84%
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Side by side

JNK State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury 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 Intermediate-Term Treasury
Total return, 1 year +1.7% −1.5%
Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) −1.5% (SCHR)
Gap to its benchmark +3.1 pts vs AGG 0.0 pts vs SCHR
Expense ratio 0.40% 0.03%
Holdings 1142 103
Net assets, JNK as of Oct 27, 2026 and VGIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $5.9bn $39.7bn

JNK and VGIT 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.

VGIT

VGIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Treasury. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.5% with distributions reinvested, against −1.5% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury 3-10 Year Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.5% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JNK or VGIT?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and VGIT −1.5%.
Which is cheaper, JNK or VGIT?
VGIT 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 →VGIT on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →JNK dividend history →JNK holdings →VGIT dividend history →VGIT holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
JNK filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
JNK prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street website ↗
VGIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VGIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VGIT ↗

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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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