Fund Overview
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF trades as HYG and is categorised as High Yield Bond. The fund is issued by iShares. It has been trading since April 4, 2007. Total net assets stand at $16.19B. Annual costs run at an expense ratio of 0.49%. On a $10,000 position that is $49.00 a year.
BlackRock Cash Funds Treasury SL Agency alone accounts for 1.05% of the portfolio.
Performance Analysis
HYG last closed at $79.16 on September 4, 2026. The trailing one-year price return is +0.32%. The stored price history starts on February 7, 2025, and the total return since then is +5.71%. The fund distributes at a trailing yield of 5.88%. The provider also reports a 3 years average return of +8.03%.
2026 is still running; the price is −1.34% year to date.
Price & Risk Profile
Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $78.57 to $81.36. The latest close sits 0.75% above that 52-week low. Annualized volatility over the trailing 1 year is 4.07%. Beta against the wider market is reported at 0.67. The volatility figure is calculated from the stored daily closes, the same series the charts on this page use.