HYG · iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | — |
| P/E | — |
| Float | — |
| Beta | 0.42 |
| Volatility | 10.6% |
| Exchange | — |
| Sector | — |
| Cap tier | — |
| Macro sensitivity | Low |
| Clavix score | 92.0 |
| Price | 76.88 |
| Change | +0.03% |
| Prev Close | 76.86 |
| Open | 77.05 |
| Day Low | 76.80 |
| Day High | 77.14 |
| Avg Vol | 53 |
| Avg $ Vol | $4.08B |
| 52W High | 81.33 |
| 52W Low | 76.39 |
| 52W Pos | 9.9% |
| From High | −5.47% |
| From Low | +0.64% |
| Max DD 1Y | −5.50% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Deep |
| SMA 20 | −0.68% |
| SMA 50 | −2.12% |
| SMA 200 | −3.55% |
| RSI (14) | 32.4 |
| Vol 30D | 4.1% |
| Vol 90D | 3.8% |
| 1Y Range | 76–81 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | −0.48% |
| Perf Month | −2.36% |
| Perf Quarter | −3.54% |
| Perf Half Y | −4.70% |
| Perf Year | −4.88% |
| Perf YTD | −4.70% |
| Prev Day | +0.03% |
| Clavix | A+ |
| Debt / Eq | — |
| Curr Ratio | — |
| Int Cover | — |
| FCF Margin | — |
| Rev Growth | — |
| Profit | Mixed |
| Leverage | Moderate |
| Sector rank | — |
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayHYG grades A+, 92.0 of 100. Steadiest on Price Stability (81), most exposed on News Sentiment (35, fragile). 3 of the 4 weighted dimensions sit above the all-names median.
How rough the ride is
| HYG | |
|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 0.42 |
| Volatilityannualized | 10.6% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −5.5% |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 0.14% |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 0 (0%) |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| HYG | |
|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 0.42 |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Low |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| HYG | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | −0.5% |
| 1 month | −2.4% |
| Year to date | −4.7% |
| 1 year | −4.9% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| HYG | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 7 since 12 Sep |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 32 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 0 · 6 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 0 ↑ 6 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Growth
| HYG | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | — |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the all-names median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openThe article is too short to extract more than its headline claim: rising AI demand and government spending are putting pressure on the iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG), and investors expecting further weakness were pointed to put options as a way to bet against it.
Inflation-adjusted borrowing costs across major economies have surged to multi-decade highs as AI companies and governments ramp up bond issuance, raising risks for stock markets and global growth.
The article headline describes a small 'fallen angel' bond ETF that yields 6.5% and has outperformed the largest junk bond fund (HYG) over a decade by buying bonds institutional investors are forced to dump at a discount after credit downgrades. The article body is too short to add further detail.
Some retirees are shifting from high-yield bond funds offering around 5.91% yields to short-term Treasury ETFs yielding roughly 2% less, suggesting concerns about the underlying risks of higher-yielding bond products.
BlackRock's active high-yield ETF BRHY has closely tracked its passive peer HYG since its mid-2024 launch, functioning as a 'closet indexer' rather than outperforming. U.S. high-yield credit spreads are historically tight at 271 bps, and the fund offers only a 6.24% SEC yield.
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