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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and VLUE +54.7%.

Which is cheaper, JNK or VLUE?

VLUE 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 VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, JNK returned +1.7% to VLUE's +54.7%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $5.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF, and $9.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Value Factor ETF.

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At a glance

+1.7%

JNK total return, 1 year

+54.7%

VLUE total return, 1 year

0.40%

JNK expense ratio

0.15%

VLUE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VLUE costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 53.0 points; VLUE is 1.6 times larger.

JNK vs VLUE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	JNK	VLUE
Return
Measure	JNK	VLUE
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+54.7%
Benchmark
Measure	JNK	VLUE
What it tracks	Bloomberg High Yield Very Liquid Index	MSCI USA Enhanced Value Index
Cost and size
Measure	JNK	VLUE
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$5.9bn	$9.3bn
Holdings
Measure	JNK	VLUE
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		97%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		42.8%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, JNK and VLUE 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 VLUE

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 VLUE

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 20.94%

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 4.37%

GENERAL MOTORS 3.54%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 2.72%

AT&T 2.24%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 1.95%

PFIZER 1.86%

BANK OF AMERICA 1.77%

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Side by side

JNK State Street SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF VLUE iShares MSCI USA Value 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 Value Factor

Total return, 1 year +1.7% +54.7%

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

Gap to its benchmark +3.1 pts vs AGG +41.1 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.15%

Holdings 1142 148

Net assets, JNK as of Oct 27, 2026 and VLUE as of Oct 28, 2026 $5.9bn $9.4bn

JNK and VLUE 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.

VLUE

VLUE tracks the MSCI USA Value Factor. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +54.7% 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, 97% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 148 positions, with the top ten at 42.8%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, JNK or VLUE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, JNK returned +1.7% and VLUE +54.7%.
Which is cheaper, JNK or VLUE?: VLUE 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 ↗

VLUE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VLUE prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for VLUE ↗

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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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