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Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF

HYUPNYSE ArcaXtrackersB

$39.14+0.01 (+0.02%)

As of Nov 2, 2026, 3:50 PM ET

Intraday session: up, 71 prints from 39.13 to 39.14. Range 39.14 to 39.21. Use the arrow keys to read each point.39.1639.1839.2010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.20%
Fund size
$43M
1Y total return
+0.4%
Yield · Last 12 months
7.81%
Holdings
709
Avg volume · 30D
5.98K sh
52W range
low $39.01high $42.57
Launched
Filings
SEC EDGAR

The ETF.net HYUP Grade

B

Score 70 out of 100

Rank
20 of 85
Six-pillar profile for HYUP. Scores out of 100: Cost 87, Risk 32, Mission 99, Tradability 33, Holdings 76, Durability 54. Strongest: Mission (99). Weakest: Risk (32). Leans toward Mission.

Score 70 of 100 falls in the A 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 B 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.
    A87 out of 100
    Rank 10 of 85
  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A99 out of 100
    Rank 19 of 77
  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    D32 out of 100
    Rank 74 of 85
  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    D33 out of 100
    Rank 66 of 85
  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    A76 out of 100
    Rank 23 of 85
  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    C54 out of 100
    Rank 42 of 85

Our read on HYUP

ETF.net Research

In short

BMost high-yield ETFs hand you the whole junk market. HYUP goes hunting in the loud end of it: a passive index built around the higher-beta slice of USD high yield, priced at half the fee of the typical peer.

Stated mandate

The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the performance of the Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market High Beta Index through a passive indexing approach.

Why people hold it

  • Not a blend, a dial. The Solactive index it follows screens for the high-beta end of USD high yield, so you hold the punchier slice of the credit market in one passive wrapper.
  • Costs 0.20% a year against a 0.40% median for high-yield bond ETFs, and it has tracked its index closely since launching in 2018.
  • Spread across roughly 700 bonds and pays monthly, so the risk sits with the segment rather than a handful of borrowers.
  • One of the stronger builds in a crowded high-yield field: low fee, plain vanilla 1940 Act index fund, no derivative machinery under the hood.

Worth knowing

  • High beta cuts both ways. Leaning into the bonds that move most means sharper swings than broad high yield when credit spreads widen.
  • A small, thinly traded fund. Spreads deserve a look before you trade, unlike the giants of the category.
  • Broad-market high yield comes cheaper. SCYB, SPHY and Xtrackers' own HYLB all undercut this fee for whole-market exposure without the beta tilt.

HYUP Performance

Launched Jan 11, 2018

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

Not enough history yet.
HYUP$10,037
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. HYUP $10,037. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 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.

Trailing total return for HYUP. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodHYUP
Year to date−1.2%
1 month−0.1%
3 months−2.8%
1 year+0.4%
3 yearsper year+9.0%
5 yearsper year+3.6%
10 yearsFund is under 10 years oldper yearNo data

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for HYUP
YearReturn barHYUP
2026 YTD−1.2%
2025+8.8%
2024+10.3%
2023+14.6%
2022−13.3%
2021+5.1%
2020+5.7%

HYUP in the news

HYUP Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
7.81%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$3.08Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.27 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Monthly

Distribution history

2023–2026

One bar per payment. 45 payments from 2023 to 2026 YTD. Feb 1, 2023 $0.24; Mar 1, 2023 $0.22; Apr 3, 2023 $0.27; May 1, 2023 $0.26; Jun 1, 2023 $0.27; Jul 3, 2023 $0.27; Aug 1, 2023 $0.25; Sep 1, 2023 $0.26; Oct 2, 2023 $0.25; Nov 1, 2023 $0.26; Dec 1, 2023 $0.26; Dec 21, 2023 $0.26; Feb 1, 2024 $0.26; Mar 1, 2024 $0.25; Apr 1, 2024 $0.27; May 1, 2024 $0.26; Jun 3, 2024 $0.27; Jul 1, 2024 $0.26; Aug 1, 2024 $0.27; Sep 3, 2024 $0.27; Oct 1, 2024 $0.30; Nov 1, 2024 $0.27; Dec 2, 2024 $0.26; Dec 23, 2024 $0.28; Feb 3, 2025 $0.28; Mar 3, 2025 $0.24; Apr 1, 2025 $0.28; May 1, 2025 $0.26; Jun 2, 2025 $0.29; Jul 1, 2025 $0.23; Aug 1, 2025 $0.25; Sep 2, 2025 $0.29; Oct 1, 2025 $0.26; Nov 3, 2025 $0.22; Dec 1, 2025 $0.27; Dec 22, 2025 $0.28; Feb 2, 2026 $0.25; Mar 2, 2026 $0.19; Apr 1, 2026 $0.27; May 1, 2026 $0.27; Jun 1, 2026 $0.26; Jul 1, 2026 $0.25; Aug 3, 2026 $0.27; Sep 1, 2026 $0.26; Oct 1, 2026 $0.27. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Nov 2, 2026Pays Nov 9, 2026$0.29
Oct 1, 2026Oct 8, 2026$0.27
Sep 1, 2026Sep 9, 2026$0.26
Aug 3, 2026Aug 10, 2026$0.27
Jul 1, 2026Jul 9, 2026$0.25
Jun 1, 2026Jun 8, 2026$0.26
May 1, 2026May 8, 2026$0.27
Apr 1, 2026Apr 9, 2026$0.27
Mar 2, 2026Mar 9, 2026$0.19
Feb 2, 2026Feb 9, 2026$0.25
Dec 22, 2025Dec 30, 2025$0.28
Dec 1, 2025Dec 8, 2025$0.27

See all 106 payments⁠

$10,000 in HYUP 5 years ago paid $3,153 in dividends.⁠

HYUP Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
5.6%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
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.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.80
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
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.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−18.1%
Trough Sep 2022
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.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.72
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

HYUP Cost

Overpaying vs SCYB, cheapest in US High Yield

$3,517

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • HYUP 0.20%

    $4,155

  • SCYB 0.03% Cheapest

    $638

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • HYUP 0.20%
  • SCYB 0.03%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$1K$2K$3K$4K$5K051015202530HYUP $4,155SCYB $638

Year by year

YearHYUPSCYBOverpaying
10$365$55$310
20$1,421$216$1,205
30$4,155$638$3,517

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