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 (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.6 | 0.0 | -0.9 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -0.5 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 1.4 | 1.0 | -1.1 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | -0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 |
| 2024 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.1 | -1.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.7 | -1.0 | 1.6 | -0.8 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | -1.9 | 2.0 | 0.2 | -1.2 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | -1.6 | -1.0 | 4.9 | 3.2 |
| 2022 | -2.6 | -0.9 | -1.3 | -4.2 | 1.6 | -7.0 | 6.7 | -4.3 | -3.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | -1.8 |
| 2021 | -0.4 | -0.2 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -0.4 | -0.3 | -1.2 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | -0.5 | -1.3 | -10.0 | 4.9 | 3.0 | -0.6 | 5.1 | -0.0 | -0.9 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 2.0 |
| 2019 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.0 | -1.9 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | -0.0 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 0.1 | -0.9 | -0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | -2.0 | -0.4 | -2.1 |
| 2017 | 0.9 | 1.5 | -0.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | -0.4 | 0.3 |
| 2016 | -1.6 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 1.1 | -1.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| 2015 | 0.7 | 2.2 | -0.9 | 0.9 | 0.4 | -1.9 | -0.5 | -1.5 | -3.0 | 3.2 | -2.5 | -2.0 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 2.3 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | -2.4 | 2.4 | -2.0 | 1.1 | -1.1 | -0.8 |
| 2013 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.1 | -2.6 | -1.7 | 2.9 | -1.3 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| 2012 | 1.5 | 2.1 | -0.9 | 1.1 | -3.2 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| 2011 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | -0.6 | 0.3 | -2.7 | -5.3 | 8.5 | -2.4 | 4.5 |
| 2010 | -1.8 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.9 | -4.7 | 1.1 | 5.2 | -1.0 | 3.7 | 1.8 | -1.3 | 2.8 |
| 2009 | -1.0 | -9.7 | 1.9 | 13.8 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 6.9 | -1.7 | 5.8 | -0.5 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| 2008 | -1.8 | -1.9 | 0.9 | 3.4 | -0.5 | -3.7 | 0.6 | -0.9 | -10.7 | -11.4 | -7.1 | 16.8 |
| 2007 | · | · | · | 1.2 | 0.4 | -3.1 | -3.9 | 5.2 | 2.9 | 0.5 | -1.1 | -0.1 |
| Avg | 0.3 | -0.0 | -0.1 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | -0.5 | 0.3 | -0.0 | 1.8 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 rate | 63%/19 | 58%/19 | 53%/19 | 90%/20 | 70%/20 | 65%/20 | 84%/19 | 58%/19 | 58%/19 | 53%/19 | 53%/19 | 68%/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
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.