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iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG)

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Price: $78.60; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $16.2B; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.49%; Category 0.85%
Yield: 5.88%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 2.9%-0.3%; Category 3.1%
3Y CAGR: 7.9%+0.1%; Category 7.8%
5Y CAGR: 3.5%-0.2%; Category 3.6%

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iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Calendar-year returns

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Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	-0.7%	-0.2%	+2.3%	+1.5%	+2.9%	+7.9%	+3.5%	+4.5%	+4.9%
High Yield Bond average	-0.7%	-0.0%	2.6%	1.7%	3.1%	7.8%	3.6%	4.7%	4.7%
Difference	-0.1%	-0.2%	-0.3%	-0.3%	-0.3%	+0.1%	-0.2%	-0.1%	+0.1%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 1.3% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
XTSLA	BlackRock Cash Funds Treasury SL Agency	1.35%

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Utilities99.6%
Real estate0.4%

Asset mix

Bonds98.6%
Cash1.2%
Preferred shares0.2%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

BBB0.8%
BB58.3%
B32.2%
Below B8.5%
Other0.3%

ETF details

Issuer: iShares
Category: Fixed Income · High Yield Bond
Ticker: HYG
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 4 Apr 2007 (19.4 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.49% (category 0.85%)
Holdings turnover: 22% (category 74%)
Distribution yield: 5.88%
Beta, 3 years: 0.67
Total net assets: $16.2B
Average duration: 6.67 years
Average maturity: 9.85 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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