BondBloxx BB Rated USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
$40.11−0.15 (−0.37%)
History starts May 26, 2022.
- Expense ratio
- 0.20%
- Fund size
- $516M
- 1Y return
- +2.5%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 5.53%
- Volume · 30D
- 0.3M sh
- NAV per share
- $40.28
- 52W range
The ETF.net XBB Grade
Score 75 of 100 sits in the A 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.AScore 87Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 79Category 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.AScore 76Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 86Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 52Category rank
Our read on XBB
AThe top rung of the junk-bond ladder, sold on its own. XBB holds only BB-rated US corporate bonds, the notch just below investment grade, instead of blending them with riskier B and CCC paper.
The fund provides exposure to BB-rated, U.S. dollar-denominated high-yield corporate bonds.
Why people hold it
- Charges 0.20% a year, about half the typical high-yield ETF fee, for a slice most broad funds don't sell separately.
- One rating tier, one decision: you set the credit rung yourself instead of inheriting whatever mix a broad high-yield index holds.bondbloxxetf.com
- The index caps any single issuer at 2%, so no one borrower dominates the couple hundred bonds inside.bondbloxxetf.com
- Pays monthly, from a BondBloxx high-yield lineup that has been splitting the market by credit rating since 2022.prnewswire.com
Worth knowing
- Broad high-yield rivals SCYB, SPHY and USHY charge under a tenth of a percent; the ratings slice costs more.
- BB is the best-rated junk, not investment grade. Default risk and price swings still ride along with the coupon.
- A mid-sized, moderately traded fund rather than a category giant, so trading costs can matter more than with the broad high-yield heavyweights.
XBB Holdings
- Bonds
- —
- 5%
- MERIDIAN ARC HO 6.25% 04/30/31
Sectors
- Financials100.0%
Geography
- United States99.90%
- Belgium0.10%
XBB Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
XBB$10,249
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 | XBB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +1.5% |
| 1 month | −0.8% |
| 3 months | −0.3% |
| 1 year | +2.5% |
| 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 | XBB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +1.5% | |
| 2025 | +8.6% | |
| 2024 | +6.4% | |
| 2023 | +10.6% | |
| 2022 | −3.8% |
XBB in the news
XBB Dividends
- 5.53%
- $2.22
- $0.18 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.19 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.18 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.18 |
XBB Risk
- 4.2%
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.
- 0.68
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.
- −8.9%
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.
- 0.65
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XBB Cost
0.20%
XBB0.20%
- The middle half of US High Yield funds
- Median 0.43%
8 of the 84 US High Yield funds charge less.