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HYDBISharesINDEX

iShares High Yield Bond Factor ETF

$46.55+0.15% today
464852-WK

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index that BFA believes will help the fund track the index.

Price & daily flows
47.647.046.446.55DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$1.4B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$18M walked out over the past month, about 1.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -1.8% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — XLE runs the same ground at 0.09%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$1.6Bassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
−$18Mnet flow, trailing month
153Kavg daily volume, 30 days
264holdings · US-domiciled
2017listed July 10, 2017 · beta 0.23
The book at a glance
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CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC SR SECURED 144A 06/31 8.3750.78%
2TRONOX INC 144A0.77%
3COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC 144A0.77%
4CRESCENT ENERGY FINANCE LLC 144A0.77%
5COREWEAVE INC 144A0.77%
6WARNERMEDIA HLDG 144A0.76%
7COINBASE GLOBAL INC 144A0.76%
8WINDSTREAM SERVICES LLC 144A0.75%
9VENTURE GLOBAL PLAQUE SR SECURED 144A 05/35 7.750.75%
10PARAMOUNT GLOBAL0.75%
11SIX FLAGS ENTERTAINMENT CORP 144A0.74%
12NOVELIS CORP 144A0.74%
13VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC SR SECURED 144A 02/32 9.8750.74%
14CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP SR UNSECURED 05/32 4.50.74%
15DAVITA INC 144A0.74%

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Sector weights
Energy16.17%
Consumer Cyclical15.66%
Communications14.12%
Basic Industry10.9%
Consumer Non-Cyclical8.08%
Finance Companies7.1%
Technology6.1%
Reits5.05%
Financial Other4.09%
Capital Goods3.39%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States84.41%
Canada2.24%
Japan1.96%
Australia1.25%
United Kingdom1.22%
Colombia1.14%
Nigeria0.89%
Turkey0.86%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.2%
1 month+0.1%
3 months+0.1%
6 months-2.1%
YTD-1.8%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month−$18M
3 months+$22M
YTD−$26M
1 year+$65M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
3%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
4%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.0%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.8% of the book; the top ten carry 8%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 206 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

The case against HYDB

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat HYDB on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16B+$288M-32bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-31bp on fee · 24× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-30bp on fee · 80× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-31bp on fee · 20× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-31bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
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