# HYG (iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF)

iShares · Bond ETFs · High yield · data as of Oct 28, 2026

HYG paid $0.3416 a share, ex-date Oct 1, 2026, and 5.8% of its price in cash over the year to Oct 28, 2026.

Promise check: Delivered. As of Aug 31, 2026, HYG held 96.7% of net assets in corporate bonds. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

HYG tracks an index of US high yield bonds and returned +1.3% over the past year.

## Key facts

- HYG, total return, 1 year: +1.3%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- HYG, expense ratio: 0.49%, as of Jun 18, 2026.
- HYG, holdings: 1332, as of Oct 27, 2026.
- HYG, below its high: −1.9%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- HYG, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 5.8%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- HYG, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.3416, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- HYG, net assets: $17.5bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026).

## HYG over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (IUSB) | Gap to IUSB |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | +0.5% | +1.5% | −1.0 pts |
| 3 months | −0.6% | −0.7% | +0.1 pts |
| 6 months | −0.3% | −1.1% | +0.8 pts |
| Year to date | +0.6% | −0.9% | +1.5 pts |
| 1 year | +1.3% | −1.2% | +2.5 pts |
| 3 years | +28.0% | +17.4% | +10.6 pts |
| 5 years | +18.4% | +0.4% | +18.0 pts |
| 10 years | +52.8% | +18.1% | +34.7 pts |
| Since launch | +150.9% | not available | not available |
| Since launch, annualised | +4.8% | – | – |

## HYG key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $81.18 on Jan 26, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $76.81 on Oct 14, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $77.59, 18% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 1332
- Top ten weight: 3.7%

## HYG trading

- IQ Liquidity Score 93, Trades like a giant, 82nd percentile of 200 bonds ETFs.
- Trades like a giant: trades at a typical spread of 0.01%.
- $1,000: at least $0.06, 0.006%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- $10,000: at least $0.64, 0.006%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- Full cost to own, 1 year at $10,000: 0.64%, against 0.49% for the fee alone.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.28%; 95% of days within ±0.32%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $77.60, that’s $77.61 to buy and $77.59 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/hyg/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Bond fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · High yield | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.49% | 485BPOS XBRL, Jun 18, 2026 |
| Price | $77.59 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Apr 11, 2007 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $17.5bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026 |
| Benchmark | Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index, measured by IUSB, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Benchmark named in | its shareholder report, N-CSR, May 5, 2026 | ETFIQ |
| HYG, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | +1.3% | ETFIQ |
| IUSB, the same days | −1.2% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | +2.5 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −1.9% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 1332 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 3.7% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings published for | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |
| Holdings as of the close of | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |

## Money in and out, to Oct 23, 2026

| Window | Dates | Net flow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$361m |
| 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$1.1bn |
| 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | +$1.2bn |
| Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$2.5bn |
| 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$1.4bn |

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/hyg.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has HYG performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYG returned +1.3% with distributions reinvested, against −1.2% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index. Over three years the number is +28.0%.

### What does HYG cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.49% a year.

### How far is HYG below its high?

1.9% below its high of Aug 25, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.

### What dividend does HYG pay?

HYG pays monthly. The last distribution was $0.3416 a share, which went ex on Oct 1, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, HYG, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/hyg
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