---
ticker: "HYGW"
name: "iShares High Yield Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF"
url: "https://etf.net/etf/HYGW"
grade: "B"
score: 66
graded_at: "2026-10-12"
category: "Other Index Option Income"
category_rank: "4 of 24"
methodology: "https://etf.net/methodology"
---

# HYGW: iShares High Yield Corporate Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF

Grade **B**, Score 66 of 100. Rank 4 of 24 in Other Index Option Income.

Graded Oct 12, 2026.

## Grade pillars

| Pillar | Score | Category rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cost | 59 | 10 of 24 |
| Mission | 100 | 1 of 4 |
| Risk | 68 | 5 of 24 |
| Tradability | 63 | 6 of 24 |
| Holdings | 89 | 2 of 16 |
| Durability | 76 | 5 of 24 |

## Top holdings

The fund holds 1337 positions. These are the largest 30, by weight.

| # | Ticker | Name | Weight |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | — | 1261229 Bc Ltd 144A 10.00% 04/15/2032 | 0.57% |
| 2 | — | Meridian Arc Holdco Llc 144A 6.25% 04/30/2031 | 0.45% |
| 3 | — | Blk Csh Fnd Treasury Sl Agency | 0.41% |
| 4 | — | Echostar Corp 10.75% 11/30/2029 | 0.40% |
| 5 | — | Pr Rno Property Owner 1 Llc 144A 6.50% 05/01/2031 | 0.35% |
| 6 | — | Cloud Software Group Inc 144A 6.50% 03/31/2029 | 0.33% |
| 7 | — | Quikrete Holdings Inc 144A 6.38% 03/01/2032 | 0.32% |
| 8 | — | Cloud Software Group Inc 144A 9.00% 09/30/2029 | 0.31% |
| 9 | — | Wulf Compute Llc 144A 7.75% 10/15/2030 | 0.31% |
| 10 | — | Hub International Ltd 144A 7.25% 06/15/2030 | 0.29% |
| 11 | — | Core Scientific Finance I Llc 144A 7.75% 05/15/2031 | 0.29% |
| 12 | — | Nexstar Media Inc 144A 6.50% 09/15/2033 | 0.29% |
| 13 | — | Venture Global Lng Inc 144A 9.50% 02/01/2029 | 0.28% |
| 14 | — | Galaxy Helios Data Centers Ii Llc 144A 9.88% 08/01/2031 | 0.28% |
| 15 | — | Centene Corporation 4.63% 12/15/2029 | 0.28% |
| 16 | — | Sv Rno Property Owner 1 Llc 144A 5.88% 03/01/2031 | 0.28% |
| 17 | — | Oak Eagle Acquireco Inc 144A 7.25% 07/01/2033 | 0.28% |
| 18 | — | Asurion Llc 144A 8.00% 12/31/2032 | 0.26% |
| 19 | — | Panther Escrow Issuer Llc 144A 7.13% 06/01/2031 | 0.26% |
| 20 | — | Softbank Group Corp 144A 9.25% 04/01/2032 | 0.24% |
| 21 | — | Paramount Skydance Corp 144A 8.25% 10/15/2031 | 0.23% |
| 22 | — | Transdigm Inc 144A 6.38% 05/31/2033 | 0.23% |
| 23 | — | Oak Eagle Acquireco Inc 144A 8.75% 07/01/2034 | 0.23% |
| 24 | — | Softbank Group Corp 144A 9.75% 04/01/2034 | 0.23% |
| 25 | — | Emrld Borrower Lp 144A 6.63% 12/15/2030 | 0.23% |
| 26 | — | Aadvantage Loyalty Ip Ltd 144A 5.75% 04/20/2029 | 0.23% |
| 27 | — | Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding 144A 7.88% 04/15/2030 | 0.23% |
| 28 | — | Transdigm Inc 144A 6.38% 03/01/2029 | 0.23% |
| 29 | — | Cco Holdings Llc 144A 4.75% 03/01/2030 | 0.23% |
| 30 | — | Davita Inc 144A 4.63% 06/01/2030 | 0.23% |

Source: etf.net, https://etf.net/etf/HYGW. Please cite the page URL.