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HYG

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF · ARCX · ETF · 131 sessions on record
$77.21▼ −0.15 · −0.2%from $77.36 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$77.47
High
$77.60
Low
$77.17
Day's range
$0.420.55% of the previous close
VWAP
$77.35close −0.18% from it
Volume, shares
83.2M1.62× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$6.44B
Trades
75.7K1,100 shares per trade
Previous close
$77.36−0.15 to the close
Market cap
—
Day range9% of the way up
$77.17$77.60
52-week range1% of the way up
$77.16 Sep 29$80.76 Apr 17

−4.4% from the high · +0.07% from the low

The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
put-heavy
options read
calls 24% · puts 76% of OI
3.17
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 3.61
$79.00
max pain
+2.3% from the close
$79.00
most call OI
118K contracts · +2.3% from the close
▼ −1.8%
option OI on the day
−173K contracts · 9.58M open

Put-heavy into a 16-day expiry: 3.17 puts per call by open interest, option OI −1.8% on the day, the most call OI sits at $79.00, the most put OI at $77.00, max pain $79.00.

Options

Sep 30 open interest · 20 expiries listed

HYG options carry 9.58M contracts of open interest across 20 expiries, 22% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 3.17 puts per call.

Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 20 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 8 expiries
ExpiryCall OI · on the dayPut OI · on the dayPuts per callShare of OI %Strikes
Oct 22 days2.98K−6.67K166K+56955.771.843
Oct 99 days3.91K+18143.9K+22211.220.5043
Oct 1616 days454K−5841.64M−30.9K3.612246
Oct 2323 days1.48K−1.77K66.3K−1.17K44.880.7138
Oct 3030 days2.49K−2.64K92.8K+1.36K37.310.9937
Nov 637 days12039+13.250.0037
Nov 2051 days757K+2.24K1.73M−66.4K2.282632
Dec 1879 days454K+6.65K1.74M−77.6K3.842334

76% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 46 strikes listed for it · 9.58M contracts open in all

Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days

The Oct 16 contract holds 454K calls and 1.64M puts, the most call OI at $79.00 and the most put OI at $77.00; max pain $79.00, +2.3% from the close.

Call OI, contracts
454K−584 on the day
Put OI, contracts
1.64M−30.9K on the day
Puts per call, by OI
3.61all expiries 3.17
Max pain
$79.00+2.3% from the close
Strikes listed
46for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
52.7K
$82.00
114K
$80.00
118K
$79.00
241K
$78.00
230K
$77.00
276K
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+150
$79.00
+932
$77.50
+114
$77.00
+2.82K
$76.50
+3.9K
$72.00
+37.9K
Close $ · S&P 500 rebased to the first close126 sessions to Sep 30 · axis fixed at 4 × ATR-14 around the last close
131 sessions on file · from Mar 25
HYG close over the last 126 sessions, with S&P 500 rebased to the first close75.9485.0894.23axis spans 24%S&P 500HYGApr 1Jul 2Sep 30126 sessions from Apr 1 to Sep 30; the price axis spans 24 percent.

Shareholding

quarter to Jun 2026 · SEC Form 13F

No open-market insider buying or selling in the last 90 days.

Held by 13F managers
—
Shares held
533M−0.83% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
947945 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
—MORGAN STANLEY
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of HYG
ManagerSharesOf outstandingValueChange on quarter
MORGAN STANLEY38.9M—$3.11B−13.6M
Clark Capital Management Group, Inc.37.8M—$3.02B−157K
BlackRock, Inc.35.7M—$2.86B+1.74M
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/35.4M—$2.83B−2.43M
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC28.9M—$2.31B+24.7M
Japan Science & Technology Agency23.3M—$1.86B+2.5M
ONTARIO TEACHERS PENSION PLAN BOARD17.9M—$1.43B+4.76M
CITIGROUP INC16.4M—$1.31B+6.3M
APG Asset Management US Inc.14.3M—$1.14B+1.94M
BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS14.2M—$1.13B+1.17M

Corporate actions

exchange records

Nothing upcoming on record; the last was a dividend of $0.44 a share, ex-date Sep 1, 2026.

Actionsex-dates · upcoming first, then the last eight · dividends in dollars a share, splits as ratios
Corporate actions of HYG, upcoming first, then the most recent
Ex-dateActionAmount or ratioRecord date
recent
Sep 1, 2026dividend$0.44—
Aug 3, 2026dividend$0.38—
Jul 1, 2026dividend$0.37—
Jun 1, 2026dividend$0.41—
May 1, 2026dividend$0.42—
Apr 1, 2026dividend$0.38—
Calendardividends by ex-date
Dividends in 365 days
—a share · ex-dates inside the year
Last dividend
$0.44ex-date Sep 1, 2026

Price history

131 sessions on record · to Sep 30 · end of day

HYG is −2.4% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 4.4% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 3.9% annualised.

Returns against S&P 500longest window first · S&P 500 over the same sessions
Returns of the stock and S&P 500 over six windows, longest first
WindowFrom $HYG %S&P 500 %Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9$80.28▼ −3.8%▲ +12%−16
60 sessionssince Jul 7$79.76▼ −3.2%▲ +2.0%−5.2
20 sessionssince Sep 1$79.10▼ −2.4%▲ +0.11%−2.5
5 sessionssince Sep 23$78.10▼ −1.1%▼ −0.67%−0.47
1 sessionsince Sep 29$77.36▼ −0.19%▼ −0.21%+0.02
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$77.57close −0.46% from it
20-session average
$78.43close −1.6% from it
50-session average
$79.10close −2.4% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$0.320.41% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$0.220.29% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
1.62×83.2M vs 53.1M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
3.9%≈ ±0.24% a session · moved more than that on 5 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
3.6%≈ ±0.23% a session · moved more than that on 13 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
0.20moved with S&P 500 on 47 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Last 20 sessions
5 up · 15 downof 20
Last 60 sessions
23 up · 36 downof 59
Best session, 250
▲ +0.95%Mar 31
Worst session, 250
▼ −0.89%Sep 1

Short-sale volume

25 sessions · to Sep 30, 2026

Short sales were 50% of reported volume on Sep 30, 2026, against 54% over the last 25 sessions.

Last 10 sessionsshare of the day's reported volume
HYG daily short-sale volume
SessionShort volumeReported volumeShort share
Sep 30, 202625.1M50.3M50.0%
Sep 29, 202636.6M68.8M53.2%
Sep 28, 202623.7M43.3M54.8%
Sep 25, 202614.6M24.6M59.5%
Sep 24, 202621.8M37.1M58.8%
Sep 23, 202619.2M29.1M66.0%
Sep 22, 20268.63M12.7M67.9%
Sep 21, 20269.2M17.3M53.3%
Sep 18, 20268.53M16.8M50.7%
Sep 17, 202614M22.7M61.6%

Filings

SEC EDGAR · newest first
HYG SEC filings
FiledFormReport date
Sep 23, 2026NPORT-PJul 31, 2026
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About iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

SEC and exchange records
Company
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Exchange
ARCX
SEC CIK
1100663
Sessions on record
131
Price source
End of day · delayed
Computed
1 Oct, 10:34 pm IST

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