All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

HYG: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

HYG real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, HYG returned +0.94% over the past year and −1.88% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 11, 2007, HYG is up +55.57% in real purchasing-power return, or +2.33%/yr, and is currently −5.05% below its real total-return high on Feb. 8, 2021.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Wed 2007-04-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
HYG × 		−1.88%
2026-07-02 		+0.94%
2026-07-02
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Wed 2007-04-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
HYG × 		+55.57%
+2.33%/yr 		+2.75%/yr
(R2=0.673)
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Wed 2007-04-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
HYG × 		$10,000.00
2007-04-11 		$15,557.21
2026-07-02
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year HYG
2026 (YTD) −1.88%
2025 +5.77%
2024 +4.95%
2023 +7.92%
2022 −16.39%
2021 −3.07%
2020 +3.06%
2019 +11.54%
2018 −3.85%
2017 +3.88%
2016 +11.11%
2015 −5.71%
2014 +1.13%
2013 +4.20%
2012 +9.77%
2011 +3.67%
2010 +10.28%
2009 +25.11%
2008 −17.63%
2007 −0.40%

Drawdowns

Wed 2007-04-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
HYG × 		−5.05%
from 2021-02-08 peak 		−35.94%
2008-11-20
from 2007-09-19 peak
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
HYG × 		+0.94% +8.80%
+4.31%/yr 		+15.64%
+4.96%/yr 		−3.46%
−0.70%/yr 		+14.78%
+1.39%/yr
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF Exchange-Traded Fund