Xtrackers High Beta High Yield Bond ETF
$39.46−0.16 (−0.40%)
- 0.20%
- $45M
- +1.9%
- 7.77%
- 0M sh
- $39.56
- low $39.20high $42.62
The ETF.net HYUP Grade
B
Score 68 out of 100
- 27 of 85
Score 68 of 100 falls in the B 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.A87 out of 100Rank 10 of 85Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A99 out of 100Rank 18 of 74Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D32 out of 100Rank 76 of 85Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.F23 out of 100Rank 75 of 85Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A72 out of 100Rank 29 of 85Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C54 out of 100Rank 41 of 85
Our read on HYUP
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.
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 Holdings
- Bonds
- 692
- 8%
- Cash & Cash Equivalents
Geography
- United States83.32%
- Canada4.08%
- United Kingdom3.04%
- Luxembourg2.68%
- France1.38%
- Cayman Islands0.86%
- Netherlands0.79%
- Japan0.71%
- 3.13%
HYUP Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
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HYUP$10,189
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 | HYUP |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.7% |
| 1 month | −2.2% |
| 3 months | −2.6% |
| 1 year | +1.9% |
| 3 years | +8.9% |
| 5 years | +3.8% |
| 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 | HYUP |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.7% | |
| 2025 | +8.8% | |
| 2024 | +10.3% | |
| 2023 | +14.6% | |
| 2022 | −13.3% | |
| 2021 | +5.1% | |
| 2020 | +5.7% |
HYUP in the news
HYUP Dividends
- 7.77%
- $3.08
- $0.27 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
HYUP Risk
- 5.7%
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.
- 0.67
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.
- −18.1%
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.
- 0.72
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
HYUP Cost
0.20%
HYUP0.20%
- The middle half of US High Yield funds
- Median 0.43%
9 of the 85 US High Yield funds charge less.
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- BLDRHiShares iBonds 1-5 Year High Yield and Income Ladder ETFExpense ratio 0.35%1 year return +3.1%
- BVGHYVanguard Fixed Income Securities Funds - Vanguard High-Yield Active ETFExpense ratio 0.22%1 year return +2.9%
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