iSharesHigh Yield BondHYGW · Cboe BZX

iShares High Yield Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF (HYGW)

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Price: $28.55; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $112.3M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.69%; Category 0.85%
Yield: 9.47%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 4.5%+1.4%; Category 3.1%
3Y CAGR: 5.3%-2.5%; Category 7.8%
5Y CAGR: —; Category 3.6%

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iShares High Yield Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

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	-0.6%	+0.4%	+3.0%	+2.3%	+4.5%	+5.3%	—	—	+5.6%
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%	+0.4%	+0.4%	+0.6%	+1.4%	-2.5%	—	—	+0.8%

Holdings

The 2 largest positions make up 100.1% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
HYG	iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corp Bd ETF	99.92%
XTSLA	BlackRock Cash Funds Treasury SL Agency	0.16%

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Utilities99.6%
Real estate0.4%

Asset mix

Bonds98.4%
Cash41.6%
Preferred shares0.2%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

AA0.2%
BBB0.8%
BB58.1%
B32.1%
Below B8.5%
Other0.3%

ETF details

Issuer: iShares
Category: Fixed Income · High Yield Bond
Ticker: HYGW
Exchange: Cboe BZX
Inception: 18 Aug 2022 (4.1 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.69% (category 0.85%)
Holdings turnover: 0% (category 74%)
Distribution yield: 9.47%
Beta, 3 years: 0.29
Total net assets: $112.3M
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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