Amplify CEF High Income ETF
$10.63−0.18 (−1.71%)
- Expense ratio
- 3.23%
- Fund size
- $703M
- 1Y return
- +2.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 13.32%
- Holdings
- 61
- Volume · 30D
- 0.4M sh
- NAV per share
- $10.80
- 52W range
The ETF.net YYY Grade
Score 44 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.FScore 20Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.Not scoredRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.CScore 41Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 66Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.AScore 76Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 79Category rank
Our read on YYY
CA one-ticket basket of about 60 closed-end funds, screened for high yield, deep discounts to net asset value, and tradability, then reshuffled twice a year. Running since 2012, and it pays monthly.
The Fund seeks investment results that generally correspond, before fees and expenses, to the price and yield of the Nasdaq CEF High Income Index. It generally invests in the closed-end funds included in that Index.
Why people hold it
- The index ranks US-listed CEFs on yield, discount to NAV, and liquidity, weights them by yield with position caps, and rebalances every January and July.amplifyetfs.com
- About 60 closed-end funds spread across asset classes, strategies, and fund managers, so no single manager's rough patch dominates the portfolio.amplifyetfs.com
- Pays monthly and has run this strategy since its 2012 launch, a long history for a niche corner of the income market.
Worth knowing
- Cost is stacked: Amplify's 0.50% management fee sits on top of the underlying funds' own fees and leverage costs, putting the all-in figure well above a plain index ETF.amplifyetfs.com
- Distributions can include return of capital, so part of a monthly payment may be your own principal coming back.
- The closed-end funds it holds often borrow, and their discounts to NAV can widen as easily as they narrow, so price swings can outrun the underlying assets.amplifyetfs.comamplifyetfs.com
YYY Holdings
- Stocks
- 61
- 30%
- AOD
Sectors
- Financials22.1%
- Health Care14.3%
- Energy13.1%
- Technology11.4%
- Real Estate10.8%
- Industrials9.4%
- Utilities8.8%
- Communication3.5%
- Consumer Discr.3.4%
- Cons. Staples2.1%
- Materials1.3%
Geography
- United States100.00%
YYY 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 | YYY |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +2.1% |
| 1 month | −4.2% |
| 3 months | −2.6% |
| 1 year | +2.7% |
| 3 years | +11.1% |
| 5 years | +2.7% |
| 10 years | +4.6% |
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 | YYY |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +2.1% | |
| 2025 | +13.0% | |
| 2024 | +11.8% | |
| 2023 | +13.0% | |
| 2022 | −21.8% | |
| 2021 | +14.1% | |
| 2020 | −0.9% |
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YYY Dividends
- 13.32%
- $1.44
- $0.12 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | Aug 31, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Jul 31, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Jun 29, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.12 |
| May 28, 2026 | May 29, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Apr 30, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Feb 27, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Jan 29, 2026 | Jan 30, 2026 | $0.12 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.12 |
| Nov 26, 2025 | Nov 28, 2025 | $0.12 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 | $0.12 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.12 |
YYY Risk
- 9.9%
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.
- 0.74
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.
- −27.7%
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.
- 0.95
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
YYY Cost
- The middle half of Closed-End Fund Portfolios funds
- Median 1.11%
5 of the 7 Closed-End Fund Portfolios funds charge less.