Which returned more over the last year, BHYB or NHYB?

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BHYB returned +1.7% and NHYB +1.5%.

Which is cheaper, BHYB or NHYB?

NHYB is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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BHYB vs NHYB: Differences, Returns & Fees

BHYB's duration was 3.0 years on May 31, 2026 and NHYB's 3.2 on Jul 31, 2026; NHYB charges 0.08% to BHYB's 0.20%. Net assets: $3.0bn on Oct 19, 2026 for Xtrackers USD High Yield BB-B ex Financials ETF, and $1.7bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Nuveen High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

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NHYB costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points.

BHYB vs NHYB: Differences, Returns & Fees
	BHYB	NHYB
Expense ratio	0.20%	0.08%
Net assets, BHYB as of Oct 19, 2026 and NHYB as of Jul 31, 2026	$3.0bn	$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+1.5%
What it tracks	ICE BofA BB-B Non-FNCL Non-Distressed US HY Constrained Index	ICE BofA BB-B U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index
Holdings in common	76%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+1.7%

BHYB total return, 1 year

+1.5%

NHYB total return, 1 year

0.20%

BHYB expense ratio

0.08%

NHYB expense ratio

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BHYB and NHYB are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. BHYB follows ICE BofA BB-B Non-FNCL Non-Distressed US HY Constrained Index and NHYB follows ICE BofA BB-B U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index.
Cost. BHYB charges 0.20% of assets a year and NHYB 0.08%, a gap of 0.12 points.
Holdings in common (similar). 76% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026).

Data as of Oct 20, 2026. The differences are picked by a fixed rule, in a fixed order; the PDF prints it. Page 2 has the returns, overlap, risks and sources.

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What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BHYB and NHYB hold 76% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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76% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding BHYB NHYB

BHCCN 10 04/15/32 144A, due Apr 15, 2032 0.51% 0.47%

SATS 10.75 11/30/29 ., due Nov 30, 2029 0.47% 0.42%

MERIDI 6.25 04/30/31 144A, due Apr 30, 2031 0.48% 0.35%

TRACTD 6.5 05/01/31 144A, due May 1, 2031 0.38% 0.29%

TIBX 9 09/30/29 144A, due Sep 30, 2029 0.29% 0.29%

QUIKHO 6.375 03/01/32 144A, due Mar 1, 2032 0.33% 0.29%

TIBX 6.5 03/31/29 144A, due Mar 31, 2029 0.31% 0.27%

VENLNG 9.5 02/01/29 144A, due Feb 1, 2029 0.27% 0.28%

WULF 7.75 10/15/30 144A, due Oct 15, 2030 0.28% 0.24%

TRACTC 5.875 03/01/31 144A, due Mar 1, 2031 0.31% 0.23%

EA 7.25 07/01/33 144A, due Jul 1, 2033 0.25% 0.22%

CHTR 4.25 02/01/31 144A, due Feb 1, 2031 0.22% 0.29%

Only in BHYB

CCL 5.75 08/01/32 144A, due Aug 1, 2032 0.25%

WBD 5.05 03/15/42 *, due Mar 15, 2042 0.22%

SATS 6.75 11/30/30, due Nov 30, 2030 0.22%

CVNA 9 06/01/31 144A, due Jun 1, 2031 0.21%

SKX 10 07/15/33 144a, due Jul 15, 2033 0.21%

VENLNG 8.125 06/01/28 144A, due Jun 1, 2028 0.20%

WBD 4.279 03/15/32 *, due Mar 15, 2032 0.18%

DISH 11.75 11/15/27 144A, due Nov 15, 2027 0.17%

Only in NHYB

State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund 0.62%

Asurion LLC/ Asurion Co-Issuer Inc, due Dec 31, 2032 0.25%

CRC Insurance Group LLC, due Jun 1, 2031 0.24%

Asurion LLC/ Asurion Co-Issuer Inc, due Feb 1, 2034 0.21%

HUB International Ltd, due Jun 15, 2030 0.20%

Discovery Global Holdings Inc, due Mar 15, 2042 0.20%

Galaxy Helios Data Centers II LLC, due Aug 1, 2031 0.18%

HUB International Ltd, due Jan 31, 2032 0.17%

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On the same fields

BHYB

Xtrackers USD High Yield BB-B ex Financials ETF

NHYB

Nuveen High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Xtrackers Nuveen

What it is Tracks an index Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +1.7% +1.5%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.6% (IUSB) −1.9% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark +3.3 pts vs IUSB +3.5 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.20% 0.08%

Holdings 1477 1680

Net assets, BHYB as of Oct 19, 2026 and NHYB as of Jul 31, 2026 $3.0bn $1.7bn

BHYB and NHYB on the fields both publish, as of Oct 20, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

About BHYB

BHYB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against −1.6% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year.

About NHYB

NHYB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +1.5% with distributions reinvested, against −1.9% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BHYB or NHYB?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BHYB returned +1.7% and NHYB +1.5%.
Which is cheaper, BHYB or NHYB?: NHYB is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

BHYB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗BHYB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Xtrackers website ↗NHYB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗NHYB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Nuveen website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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