| HYG | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +51.3% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +4.2% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +7.3% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.58 |
| Deepest drawdown | -22.0% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-02-13 → 2020-03-23 |
| Fee (annual expense ratio) | 0.49% |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 6.13% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +51.3% in total (+4.2% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -22.0% from 2020-02-13 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-11.0%), its best 2019 (+14.1%).
| Year | HYG |
|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.1% |
| 2025 | +8.6% |
| 2024 | +8.0% |
| 2023 | +11.5% |
| 2022 | -11.0% |
| 2021 | +3.7% |
| 2020 | +4.5% |
| 2019 | +14.1% |
| 2018 | -2.0% |
| 2017 | +6.1% |
| 2016 | +1.3% |
+51.3% in total, which works out to +4.2% a year over the 10 years to 2026-09-29. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2022 — its calendar-year return was -11.0% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2019 (+14.1%).
-22.0%, from a peak on 2020-02-13 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 226 days (about 7.4 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 6.13% of its share price (as of 2026-09-29). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
0.49% a year, and it is already deducted from every return figure on this page. A fund charges it inside the fund rather than billing you, which is why fee differences show up as a smaller final balance, not as a line item.
It does not say HYG is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -22.0% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.