iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG)

Top ETFs · Bonds · High Yield · data since 2007-04-11 · last close 2026-07-24

1d
0.00%
7d
-0.53%
30d
-0.32%
YTD
+1.22%
1y
+4.44%

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) monthly returns (%)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20260.60.0-0.91.50.40.1-0.5·····
20251.41.0-1.10.11.81.80.11.10.9-0.00.80.5
20240.10.31.1-1.41.60.52.41.61.7-1.01.6-0.8
20233.7-1.92.00.2-1.21.81.10.2-1.6-1.04.93.2
2022-2.6-0.9-1.3-4.21.6-7.06.7-4.3-3.73.43.4-1.8
2021-0.4-0.21.20.60.01.30.10.6-0.4-0.3-1.22.3
2020-0.5-1.3-10.04.93.0-0.65.1-0.0-0.90.43.42.0
20194.91.21.31.0-1.93.10.20.70.4-0.00.61.9
20180.1-0.9-0.20.50.10.11.70.70.5-2.0-0.4-2.1
20170.91.5-0.10.81.00.11.00.10.60.1-0.40.3
2016-1.61.52.53.10.21.81.32.01.1-1.00.01.8
20150.72.2-0.90.90.4-1.9-0.5-1.5-3.03.2-2.5-2.0
20140.42.3-0.10.41.20.6-2.42.4-2.01.1-1.1-0.8
20130.30.90.92.1-2.6-1.72.9-1.30.82.50.50.4
20121.52.1-0.91.1-3.24.71.01.20.50.80.51.4
20111.61.40.01.60.1-0.60.3-2.7-5.38.5-2.44.5
2010-1.81.92.11.9-4.71.15.2-1.03.71.8-1.32.8
2009-1.0-9.71.913.82.93.46.9-1.75.8-0.51.73.7
2008-1.8-1.90.93.4-0.5-3.70.6-0.9-10.7-11.4-7.116.8
2007···1.20.4-3.1-3.95.22.90.5-1.1-0.1
Avg0.3-0.0-0.11.70.00.11.50.1-0.50.3-0.01.8

Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).

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Seasonality — average by calendar month

MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg+0.3%-0.0%-0.1%+1.7%+0.0%+0.1%+1.6%+0.1%-0.5%+0.3%-0.0%+1.8%
Win rate63%/1958%/1953%/1990%/2070%/2065%/2084%/1958%/1958%/1953%/1953%/1968%/19

Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.

Risk & extremes

Max drawdown
-34.2%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±2.9%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
65%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+16.77%
2008-12
Worst month
-11.45%
2008-10
Longest streaks
11▲ / 4▼
Consecutive up / down months

Drawdown & rolling returns

-30%-15%0%

Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.

About iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF does respectable public-company things — with price receipts on this site going back to 2007. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (2007) would be about $249 today.

Did you know?

  • Its best month on record was December 2008 at +16.77%; its worst, October 2008 at -11.45%.
  • It has closed April in the green 18 out of 20 times — calendar astrology, but the fun kind.

Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.