Columbia U.S. High Yield ETF
$19.62−0.14 (−0.68%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.46%
- Fund size
- $40M
- 1Y return
- +2.8%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 6.45%
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $19.70
- 52W range
The ETF.net NJNK Grade
Score 52 of 100 sits in the C 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.CScore 50Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 82Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 49Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.FScore 10Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 70Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.DScore 26Category rank
Our read on NJNK
CColumbia's 2024 arrival in junk bonds: at least 80% in high yield debt from U.S. companies, with room to own unrated paper the manager judges just as good. Income lands monthly. The trade-off is a price tag above the index-tracking heavyweights.
The Fund seeks a high level of current income.
Why people hold it
- The mandate is specific: at least 80% of net assets in high yield debt issued by U.S. companies, with a stated goal of a high level of current income.
- Pays monthly, the cadence most bond-fund owners actually want.
- Room to move: the manager can also hold unrated bonds judged comparable in quality to rated high yield, a flexibility written into the prospectus.
- What's inside matches what's on the label. The portfolio sits squarely in U.S. high yield corporate credit with no style drift.
Worth knowing
- At 0.46%, it costs more than the typical high yield ETF and multiples of the index-tracking leaders: SCYB at 0.03%, SPHY at 0.05%.
- It started trading in September 2024 and is still a small, lightly traded fund, so spreads can run wider than at the category's giants.
- High yield means below investment grade. These are borrowers that default more often when credit conditions sour, and prices move with that risk.
NJNK Holdings
- Bonds
- —
- 8%
- COLUMBIA SHORT TERM CASH FUND
Geography
- United States100.00%
NJNK 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 | NJNK |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +1.5% |
| 1 month | −0.9% |
| 3 months | −0.0% |
| 1 year | +2.8% |
| 3 years | — |
| 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 | NJNK |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +1.5% | |
| 2025 | +9.0% | |
| 2024 | +0.6% |
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NJNK Dividends
- 6.45%
- $1.27
- $0.11 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 3, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 6, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 3, 2026 | $0.11 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 5, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 6, 2026 | $0.11 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 4, 2026 | $0.10 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 4, 2026 | $0.09 |
| Dec 29, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 3, 2025 | $0.11 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 5, 2025 | $0.10 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 3, 2025 | $0.15 |
NJNK Risk
- 3.1%
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.
- 0.51
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.
- −4.5%
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.
NJNK Cost
- The middle half of International High Yield Bond funds
- Median 0.46%
6 of the 13 International High Yield Bond funds charge less.