iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF vs Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF — how do they compare? iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF trades at $79.65, while Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF trades at $160.43. The key difference: Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| HYG | VYM | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Fixed Income | — |
52-Week High | $81.32 | $161.17 |
52-Week Low | $78.72 | $132.90 |
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HYG is the world's largest high-yield bond ETF, tracking the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index. It provides liquid exposure to non-investment grade corporate debt, with 2026 top holdings including Cloud Software Group and Medline.
Read more on HYG →The advisor employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which consists of common stocks of companies that pay dividends that generally are higher than average. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of the fund's assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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