Arrow Dow Jones Global Yield ETF
$13.25+0.18 (+1.38%)
- 0.75%
- $39M
- +8.3%
- 7.94%
- 0M sh
- $13.35
- low $12.88high $14.81
The ETF.net GYLD Grade
D
Score 24 out of 100
- 41 of 43
Score 24 of 100 falls in the F band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25. The letter stays D for now. A new letter must hold for 3 published runs before it replaces it.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F8 out of 100Rank 38 of 43Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B55 out of 100Rank 18 of 43Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F19 out of 100Rank 40 of 43Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C51 out of 100Rank 26 of 43
Our read on GYLD
DOne ticker, five income buckets. GYLD tracks a Dow Jones index that hunts high yielders across dividend stocks, sovereign debt, corporate bonds, real estate and alternatives, and pays monthly. A 2012 vintage.
The Fund passively seeks to match, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones Global Composite Yield Index. It normally invests at least 80% of total assets in index components or depositary receipts.
Why people hold it
- Yield from five places, not one: global dividend stocks, sovereign debt, corporate bonds, real estate, and alternatives like MLPs, preferreds and royalty trusts.spglobal.comspglobal.com
- Cash lands monthly, and the approach is rules-based: at least 80% of assets in the index's own components, no manager hunches.
- Developed and emerging markets both in scope, so the yield search is not limited to US paper.spglobal.com
- Running since 2012, through a full rate cycle up and back down.
Worth knowing
- 0.75% a year, roughly ten times what plain vanilla index peers like VT (0.06%) charge, and above the typical index wrapper in its group.
- Small and thinly traded: spreads can be wide and a big order can move the price. Not the frictionless tape of a mega-fund.
- Distributions can include return of capital, so a monthly check is not always pure income. Reaching for yield also adds credit and currency risk.
GYLD Holdings
- Other
- 148
- 16%
- Bbh Sweep Vehicle
Sectors
- Real Estate32.8%
- Energy29.6%
- Financials13.0%
- Materials8.2%
- Industrials5.2%
- Utilities4.8%
- Consumer Discretionary2.7%
- Communication2.4%
- Consumer Staples1.3%
Geography
- United States59.74%
- Indonesia15.07%
- South Africa6.77%
- United Kingdom5.73%
- France3.08%
- Luxembourg1.85%
- Poland1.71%
- Turkey1.69%
- 4.36%
GYLD Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
GYLD$10,825
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | GYLD |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.0% |
| 1 month | −8.0% |
| 3 months | −6.2% |
| 1 year | +8.3% |
| 3 years | +12.7% |
| 5 years | +5.2% |
| 10 years | +3.9% |
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 | GYLD |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.0% | |
| 2025 | +19.8% | |
| 2024 | +3.8% | |
| 2023 | +10.3% | |
| 2022 | −7.7% | |
| 2021 | +18.0% | |
| 2020 | −11.1% |
GYLD in the news
GYLD Dividends
- 7.94%
- $1.04
- $0.09 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
GYLD Risk
- 10.8%
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.
- 0.78
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.
- −19.4%
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.
- 0.85
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GYLD Cost
0.75%
GYLD0.75%
- The middle half of Other Major Indexes funds
- Median 0.29%
36 of the 42 Other Major Indexes funds charge less.
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