

BondBloxx High Yield Income ETF
$14.36−0.10 (−0.66%)
- 0.55%
- $108M
- +2.2%
- 6.78%
- 0.1M sh
- $14.39
- low $14.26high $15.53
The ETF.net HYSA Grade
Score 36 out of 100
- 71 of 85
Score 36 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.D25 out of 100Rank 61 of 85Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.C49 out of 100Rank 62 of 74Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C43 out of 100Rank 66 of 85Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C41 out of 100Rank 57 of 85Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.F22 out of 100Rank 78 of 85Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C43 out of 100Rank 60 of 85
Our read on HYSA
DMost high-yield ETFs buy the whole junk market and sit still. HYSA is an active call on which slice to own, rotating across BB, B and CCC rated credit through BondBloxx's own ratings-sliced bond ETFs.
Seeks to primarily invest in U.S. dollar-denominated, high-yield corporate bonds across multiple fixed-income sectors by investing in other ETFs (a fund-of-funds, actively managed, sector-rotation approach).
Why people hold it
- One ticket for an active rotation across the BB, B and CCC tiers of US dollar high yield, built from BondBloxx's own credit-rating bond ETFs.bondbloxxetf.com
- Measured against the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index, so the manager's tier calls are visible against a plain-vanilla junk benchmark.
- Distributions land monthly, and the mandate sticks to US dollar denominated corporate credit rather than roaming into other currencies.
Worth knowing
- At 0.55% a year it runs above the typical high-yield ETF, and index-tracking rivals like SCYB (0.03%) and SPHY (0.05%) charge a sliver of that.
- A non-diversified fund of funds drawing on one issuer's lineup: results ride on the manager's credit-tier calls, not just on broad high-yield beta.bondbloxxetf.com
- Launched in 2023 and still a small, moderately traded fund in a category stocked with multi-billion-dollar incumbents.
HYSA Holdings
- Bonds
- 6
- 100%
- XBB
Sectors
- Communication100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
HYSA 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 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 | HYSA |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.2% |
| 1 month | −1.0% |
| 3 months | −1.1% |
| 1 year | +2.2% |
| 3 years | +7.8% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
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 | HYSA |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.2% | |
| 2025 | +8.4% | |
| 2024 | +6.7% | |
| 2023 | +6.2% |
HYSA in the news
HYSA Dividends
- 6.78%
- $0.98
- $0.07 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
HYSA Risk
- 4.9%
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.
- 0.53
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.
- −4.9%
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.
- 0.20
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
HYSA Cost
- The middle half of US High Yield funds
- Median 0.43%
60 of the 85 US High Yield funds charge less.
Other funds in US High Yield
- DGTOHInvesco Short Duration High Yield ETFExpense ratio 0.49%1 year return —
- DCLOBVanEck AA-BB CLO ETFExpense ratio 0.45%1 year return +5.1%
- DKHYBKraneShares Asia Pacific High Income USD Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.69%1 year return +5.5%
- DHYHGProShares - High Yield - Interest Rate HedgedExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +7.1%
- DTFLRT. Rowe Price Floating Rate ETFExpense ratio 0.61%1 year return +4.8%




