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

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLHY returned +2.0% and NHYB +1.5%.

Which is cheaper, FLHY or NHYB?

NHYB is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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FLHY vs NHYB: Differences, Returns & Fees

FLHY's duration was 3.1 years on Jun 30, 2026 and NHYB's 3.2 on Jul 31, 2026; NHYB charges 0.08% to FLHY's 0.40%. Net assets: $1.2bn on Oct 20, 2026 for Franklin High Yield Corporate ETF, and $1.7bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Nuveen High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

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NHYB costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.5 points.

FLHY vs NHYB: Differences, Returns & Fees
	FLHY	NHYB
Expense ratio	0.40%	0.08%
Net assets, FLHY as of Oct 20, 2026 and NHYB as of Jul 31, 2026	$1.2bn	$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+2.0%	+1.5%
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE BofA BB-B U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index
Holdings in common	17%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+2.0%

FLHY total return, 1 year

+1.5%

NHYB total return, 1 year

0.40%

FLHY expense ratio

0.08%

NHYB expense ratio

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

What each follows. FLHY follows No index, actively managed and NHYB follows ICE BofA BB-B U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index.
Holdings in common. 17% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026).
Number of holdings. FLHY holds 289 positions and NHYB holds 1680.

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, FLHY and NHYB hold 17% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FLHY NHYB

TRACTD 6.5 05/01/31 144A, due May 1, 2031 0.43% 0.29%

VENLNG 9.5 02/01/29 144A, due Feb 1, 2029 0.59% 0.28%

ASUCOR 8 12/31/32 144A, due Dec 31, 2032 0.36% 0.25%

VEGLPL 6.75 01/15/36 144A, due Jan 15, 2036 0.34% 0.25%

WULF 7.75 10/15/30 144A, due Oct 15, 2030 0.55% 0.24%

TRACTC 5.875 03/01/31 144A, due Mar 1, 2031 0.52% 0.23%

EA 7.25 07/01/33 144A, due Jul 1, 2033 0.31% 0.22%

ASUCOR 8.375 02/01/34 144A, due Feb 1, 2034 0.24% 0.21%

NRG 6 01/15/36 144A, due Jan 15, 2036 0.46% 0.19%

NLSN 9.29 04/15/29 144A, due Apr 15, 2029 0.22% 0.19%

VENLNG 8.375 06/01/31 144A, due Jun 1, 2031 0.23% 0.18%

DVA 4.625 06/01/30 144A, due Jun 1, 2030 0.93% 0.18%

Only in FLHY

SKX 10 07/15/33 144a, due Jul 15, 2033 0.87%

AKTGHL 7.5 05/15/33 144A, due May 15, 2033 0.73%

DEXAXL 7.5 04/15/32 144A, due Apr 15, 2032 0.70%

ADVGRO 8 08/01/33 144A, due Aug 1, 2033 0.67%

VST 7.75 10/15/31 144A, due Oct 15, 2031 0.65%

CLMT 9.75 02/15/31 144A, due Feb 15, 2031 0.64%

NEWARC 9.75 03/01/33 144A, due Mar 1, 2033 0.58%

FLTR 5.875 06/04/31 144A, due Jun 4, 2031 0.57%

Only in NHYB

State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund 0.62%

1261229 BC Ltd, due Apr 15, 2032 0.47%

EchoStar Corp, due Nov 30, 2029 0.42%

Meridian Arc Holdco LLC, due Apr 30, 2031 0.35%

Centene Corp, due Aug 1, 2031 0.33%

CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp, due Feb 1, 2031 0.29%

Cloud Software Group LLC, due Sep 30, 2029 0.29%

Cloud Software Group LLC, due Mar 31, 2029 0.27%

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On the same fields

FLHY

Franklin High Yield Corporate ETF

NHYB

Nuveen High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Franklin Nuveen

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index

Total return, 1 year +2.0% +1.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +1.2% (USHY) −1.9% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark +0.8 pts vs USHY +3.5 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.40% 0.08%

Holdings 289 1680

Net assets, FLHY as of Oct 20, 2026 and NHYB as of Jul 31, 2026 $1.2bn $1.7bn

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

About FLHY

FLHY is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +2.0% with distributions reinvested, against +1.2% for its benchmark, the ICE BofA U.S. High Yield Constrained Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.40% 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, FLHY or NHYB?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FLHY returned +2.0% and NHYB +1.5%.
Which is cheaper, FLHY or NHYB?: NHYB is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

FLHY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FLHY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗Franklin 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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