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

In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYLB returned +1.2% and NHYB +1.5%.

Which is cheaper, HYLB or NHYB?

HYLB is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HYLB vs NHYB: Differences, Returns & Fees

HYLB's duration was 2.9 years on May 29, 2026 and NHYB's 3.2 on Jul 31, 2026; HYLB charges 0.05% to NHYB's 0.08%. Net assets: $3.2bn on Oct 19, 2026 for Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, and $1.7bn on Jul 31, 2026 for Nuveen High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

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HYLB costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.3 points.

HYLB vs NHYB: Differences, Returns & Fees
	HYLB	NHYB
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.08%
Net assets, HYLB as of Oct 19, 2026 and NHYB as of Jul 31, 2026	$3.2bn	$1.7bn
Total return, 1 year	+1.2%	+1.5%
What it tracks	Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Index	ICE BofA BB-B U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index
Holdings in common	66%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

+1.2%

HYLB total return, 1 year

+1.5%

NHYB total return, 1 year

0.05%

HYLB expense ratio

0.08%

NHYB expense ratio

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

What each follows. HYLB follows Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market Index and NHYB follows ICE BofA BB-B U.S. Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index.
Holdings in common (similar). 66% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026).
One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 20, 2026 HYLB returned +1.2% and NHYB +1.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 0.3 points.

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, HYLB and NHYB hold 66% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 29, 2026 and Jul 31, 2026.

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66% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding HYLB NHYB

BHCCN 10 04/15/32 144A, due Apr 15, 2032 0.53% 0.47%

SATS 10.75 11/30/29 ., due Nov 30, 2029 0.51% 0.42%

TRACTD 6.5 05/01/31 144A, due May 1, 2031 0.40% 0.29%

TIBX 9 09/30/29 144A, due Sep 30, 2029 0.33% 0.29%

QUIKHO 6.375 03/01/32 144A, due Mar 1, 2032 0.35% 0.29%

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

TIBX 6.5 03/31/29 144A, due Mar 31, 2029 0.35% 0.27%

ASUCOR 8 12/31/32 144A, due Dec 31, 2032 0.30% 0.25%

TIHLLC 7.125 06/01/31 144A, due Jun 1, 2031 0.28% 0.24%

CHTR 4.25 02/01/31 144A, due Feb 1, 2031 0.24% 0.29%

EA 7.25 07/01/33 144A, due Jul 1, 2033 0.26% 0.22%

BCULC 4 10/15/30 144A, due Oct 15, 2030 0.24% 0.21%

Only in HYLB

DISH 11.75 11/15/27 144A, due Nov 15, 2027 0.32%

CCL 5.75 08/01/32 144A, due Aug 1, 2032 0.26%

DISH 5.75 12/01/28 144A, due Dec 1, 2028 0.22%

TLN 6.375 05/01/33 144A, due May 1, 2033 0.21%

WBD 4.279 03/15/32 *, due Mar 15, 2032 0.21%

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

ATHENA 6.5 02/15/30 144A, due Feb 15, 2030 0.19%

CCL 6.125 02/15/33 144A, due Feb 15, 2033 0.17%

Only in NHYB

State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund 0.62%

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

WULF Compute LLC, due Oct 15, 2030 0.24%

SV RNO Property Owner 1 LLC, due Mar 1, 2031 0.23%

American Airlines Inc/AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd, due Apr 20, 2029 0.20%

Core Scientific Finance I LLC, due May 15, 2031 0.20%

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

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

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On the same fields

HYLB

Xtrackers USD High Yield Corporate Bond 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 +1.2% +1.5%

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

Gap to its benchmark +2.8 pts vs IUSB +3.5 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.08%

Holdings 1277 1680

Net assets, HYLB as of Oct 19, 2026 and NHYB as of Jul 31, 2026 $3.2bn $1.7bn

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

About HYLB

HYLB tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 20, 2026 it returned +1.2% with distributions reinvested, against −1.6% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% 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, HYLB or NHYB?: In the year to Oct 20, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYLB returned +1.2% and NHYB +1.5%.
Which is cheaper, HYLB or NHYB?: HYLB is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where these figures came from

HYLB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗HYLB 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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