JPMorgan BetaBuilders USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
$44.87−0.34 (−0.75%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.07%
- Fund size
- $620M
- 1Y return
- +3.0%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 7.13%
- Holdings
- 1636
- Volume · 30D
- 0.1M sh
- NAV per share
- $45.16
- 52W range
The ETF.net BBHY Grade
Score 81 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 94Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 47Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 50Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 95Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 81Category rank
Our read on BBHY
AJunk bonds without the markup. BBHY tracks the full ICE BofA US High Yield Index across roughly 1,600 issues for 0.07% a year and pays monthly: a plain, broad-market build with no ratings tilts or sector screens.
The ETF seeks to provide exposure to U.S. high-yield debt by using a passive approach intended to closely replicate the ICE BofA US High Yield Index.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.07% a year, well under what the typical high yield ETF in this category costs, and it tracks the same declared index as SPHY.am.jpmorgan.com
- Roughly 1,600 bonds spanning the broad US high yield market, so no single issuer's trouble carries much weight in the portfolio.
- Straight passive replication, no credit picking. It has run since 2016 and sits among the stronger implementations in the high yield peer group.
- Distributions land monthly rather than quarterly, so coupon income arrives on a steadier schedule.
Worth knowing
- Not the cheapest option on the shelf: SCYB runs 0.03%, SPHY and HYLB 0.05%. Small in dollars, but the gap is real.
- Everything inside is rated below investment grade. Credit stress hits this corner of the bond market harder than Treasuries or investment-grade paper.am.jpmorgan.com
- Trading is moderate rather than heavyweight and assets sit below the category's largest funds, so spreads are worth checking on bigger orders.
BBHY Holdings
- Bonds
- 1,636
- 4%
- JPMORGAN U.S. GOVERNMENT
Sectors
- Financials100.0%
Geography
- United States86.63%
- Canada4.36%
- United Kingdom1.84%
- Luxembourg1.58%
- France0.87%
- Japan0.85%
- Australia0.65%
- Netherlands0.63%
- 2.58%
BBHY Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | BBHY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +1.9% |
| 1 month | −0.7% |
| 3 months | −0.0% |
| 1 year | +3.0% |
| 3 years | +8.3% |
| 5 years | +3.7% |
| 10 years | +4.7% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | BBHY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +1.9% | |
| 2025 | +8.5% | |
| 2024 | +7.8% | |
| 2023 | +12.0% | |
| 2022 | −10.4% | |
| 2021 | +3.9% | |
| 2020 | +5.3% |
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BBHY Dividends
- 7.13%
- $3.22
- $0.27 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 3, 2026 | $0.26 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 5, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 4, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 4, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.26 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 3, 2025 | $0.27 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 5, 2025 | $0.28 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 3, 2025 | $0.27 |
BBHY Risk
- 4.5%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.79
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −15.3%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.65
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BBHY Cost
- The middle half of US High Yield funds
- Median 0.43%
4 of the 84 US High Yield funds charge less.