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HYXFISharesINDEX

iShares ESG Advanced High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

$46.54+0.21% today
464852-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 90% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and may invest up to 10% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. The index is designed to reflect the performance of U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds of issuers with favorable ESG ratings, as identified by the index Provider, while applying additional screens.

Price & daily flows
47.246.746.246.54DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$63M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$9M walked out over the past month, about 4.8% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -1.5% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SCHD runs the same ground at 0.06%.

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

$195Massets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
−$9Mnet flow, trailing month
18Kavg daily volume, 30 days
734holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed June 13, 2016 · beta 0.22
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
1NEXSTAR MEDIA INC SR SECURED 144A 09/33 6.50.72%
2CLOVER SPV II/IV PIK MARGIN LOAN0.60%
31011778 BC UNLIMITED LIABILITY CO 144A0.57%
4DAVITA INC 144A0.55%
5APLD COMPUTECO LLC 144A0.54%
6CARVANA CO SR SECURED 144A 06/31 90.54%
7LEVEL 3 FINANCING INC 144A0.53%
8WINDSTREAM SERVICES LLC 144A0.49%
9QUEEN MERGERCO INC 144A0.48%
10APLD COMPUTECO 2 LLC APLD COMPUTECO 2 LLC0.45%
11LEVEL 3 FINANCING INC 144A0.45%
12Rocket Companies Inc. 6.375% 01-aug-20330.44%
13Lumen Technologies, Inc. 6.875 06/30/20330.44%
14IQVIA INC COMPANY GUAR 144A 06/32 6.250.44%
15ROCKET COMPANIES INC 144A0.43%

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Sector weights
Consumer Cyclical20.21%
Consumer Non-Cyclical16.14%
Communications14.29%
Technology12.12%
Capital Goods11.65%
Finance Companies5.84%
Basic Industry5.68%
Reits4.11%
Financial Other2.43%
Transportation2.33%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States92.23%
Canada4.27%
Japan1.2%
United Kingdom0.75%
Denmark0.54%
Italy0.45%
Belgium0.2%
Luxembourg0.14%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.1%
1 month+0.2%
3 months+0.3%
6 months-1.6%
YTD-1.5%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$30K
1 month−$9M
3 months−$9M
YTD+$7M
1 year+$19M

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
-3.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.7% of the book; the top ten carry 6%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 215 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against HYXF

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat HYXF 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 · 82× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-31bp on fee · 200× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-30bp on fee · 658× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-31bp on fee · 167× 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 · 120× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
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