BondBloxx CCC Rated USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
$34.66−0.35 (−1.00%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.40%
- Fund size
- $236M
- 1Y return
- −1.9%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 10.32%
- Holdings
- 148
- Volume · 30D
- 0.4M sh
- NAV per share
- $35.07
- 52W range
The ETF.net XCCC Grade
Score 57 of 100 sits in the B 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.BScore 58Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 86Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.FScore 9Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 63Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 57Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 53Category rank
Our read on XCCC
BMost junk bond funds bury CCC credits inside a blend of BB and B. XCCC isolates them: a single-rung fund holding the lowest tier of the high yield market, the last stop before default.
The fund seeks total return by primarily investing, through other ETFs, in U.S.-dollar-denominated high-yield corporate bonds across sectors of the fixed-income market.
Why people hold it
- A pure ratings slice. It tracks a CCC-only high yield index rather than the whole junk market, so the exposure stays exactly where you pointed it.bondbloxxetf.com
- Fee is 0.40%, the median for high yield bond ETFs, and below the 0.55% charged by HYSA, the other fund declaring the same benchmark.
- Live since 2022 and has hugged its index closely, holding roughly 150 bonds rather than a token handful of names.
- Trades steadily for such a specialized credit strategy and lands in the upper half of its high yield ETF peer group overall.
Worth knowing
- CCC is the bottom rung. Swings and credit losses here run deeper than in broad high yield, which is the trade you are making for the yield.
- Broad junk funds cost a fraction: SCYB 0.03%, SPHY 0.05%, USHY 0.08%. The 0.40% here buys the targeted rung, not wider market coverage.
- Concentrated by design. With roughly 150 bonds from the market's most fragile corner, a few stressed issuers can leave a mark.
XCCC Holdings
- Bonds
- 148
- 16%
- ATHENAHEALTH GRO 6.5% 02/15/30
Sectors
- Communication100.0%
Geography
- United States81.89%
- Canada6.06%
- United Kingdom3.68%
- Luxembourg2.52%
- France1.75%
- Ireland1.67%
- Australia1.10%
- Netherlands0.72%
- 0.61%
XCCC 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 | XCCC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.7% |
| 1 month | −1.4% |
| 3 months | −2.1% |
| 1 year | −1.9% |
| 3 years | +8.3% |
| 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 | XCCC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.7% | |
| 2025 | +7.3% | |
| 2024 | +13.0% | |
| 2023 | +19.3% | |
| 2022 | −5.4% |
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XCCC Dividends
- 10.32%
- $3.61
- $0.28 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 6, 2026 | $0.36 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Jul 7, 2026 | $0.30 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 | $0.32 |
| May 1, 2026 | May 6, 2026 | $0.28 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Apr 7, 2026 | $0.35 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Mar 5, 2026 | $0.27 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 5, 2026 | $0.25 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Jan 5, 2026 | $0.37 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Dec 4, 2025 | $0.21 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 6, 2025 | $0.32 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | $0.31 |
XCCC Risk
- 7.0%
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.
- 0.58
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.
- −11.0%
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.
- 0.69
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
XCCC Cost
- The middle half of US High Yield funds
- Median 0.43%
35 of the 84 US High Yield funds charge less.