iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF
$44.06−0.40 (−0.90%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.40%
- Fund size
- $196M
- 1Y return
- +1.2%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 6.32%
- Holdings
- 1741
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $44.43
- 52W range
The ETF.net GHYG Grade
Score 63 of 100 sits in the B band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 70Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 78Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 35Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.DScore 29Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 99Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 75Category rank
Our read on GHYG
BMost junk-bond ETFs stop at the US border. GHYG holds high-yield corporate debt from US and overseas issuers in one wrapper, spread across roughly 1,700 bonds, with income paid monthly.
The fund seeks to track an index of high-yield corporate bonds issued in the United States and abroad.
Why people hold it
- Passport included: tracks an index of high-yield corporate bonds issued in the US and abroad, while the biggest names in the category stick to USD-denominated paper.
- Roughly 1,700 bonds in the basket, so one issuer's trouble is a rounding error. That breadth is among the strongest in its high-yield peer group.
- Pays monthly, and has been running since its 2012 launch, so the record spans a full credit cycle rather than one calm stretch.
Worth knowing
- The 0.40% fee sits right at the high-yield median, but USD-only trackers like SCYB (0.03%) and SPHY (0.05%) charge a fraction. Global reach is the line item you pay for.
- Thinly traded with a modest asset base, so bid-ask spreads tend to run wider than the household-name high-yield funds.
- This is below-investment-grade credit. Prices move with default worries, and stress in the credit market hits harder here than in a Treasury fund.
GHYG Holdings
- Bonds
- 1,741
- 4%
- BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY
Sectors
- Utilities99.5%
- Real Estate0.5%
Geography
- United States77.24%
- France4.88%
- United Kingdom4.39%
- Italy2.88%
- Germany2.74%
- Luxembourg1.31%
- Netherlands0.94%
- Canada0.69%
- 4.93%
Developed 95% · Emerging 5%
GHYG Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | GHYG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.4% |
| 1 month | −1.5% |
| 3 months | −0.2% |
| 1 year | +1.2% |
| 3 years | +8.5% |
| 5 years | +3.1% |
| 10 years | +4.3% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | GHYG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.4% | |
| 2025 | +11.3% | |
| 2024 | +5.9% | |
| 2023 | +13.3% | |
| 2022 | −12.2% | |
| 2021 | +1.6% | |
| 2020 | +6.7% |
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GHYG Dividends
- 6.32%
- $2.81
- $0.23 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.23 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.24 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.24 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.23 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.23 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.23 |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.26 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.24 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.23 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.22 |
GHYG Risk
- 5.2%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.74
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −20.2%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.74
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GHYG Cost
- The middle half of International High Yield Bond funds
- Median 0.46%
2 of the 13 International High Yield Bond funds charge less.