Data as of Nov 4, 2026.
HYBL vs LQTI: Dividend Yield & Total Return
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LQTI paid 8.6% of its price in cash against HYBL’s 6.9%, though HYBL returned more with it reinvested.
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Net assets on Nov 3, 2026: $584m for State Street Blackstone High Income ETF and $185m for FT Vest Investment Grade & Target Income ETF.
Not measured
HYBL over 1 year: paid 6.9%, price −3.4%, total +3.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
HYBL
+3.5%
6.9% of it arrived as cash
Total return, distributions reinvested
Not measured
HYBL over 1 year: paid 6.9%, price −3.4%, total +3.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
HYBL
+3.5%
6.9% as cash
6.9% of it arrived as cash. Total return, distributions reinvested. HYBL over 1 year: paid 6.9%, price −3.4%, total +3.5%, not measured against a benchmark. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.About even with LQD
LQTI over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price −9.1%, total −0.6%, LQD −1.1%, +0.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
LQD
−1.1%
LQTI
−0.6%
about even with LQD
Total return, distributions reinvested
About even with LQD
LQTI over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price −9.1%, total −0.6%, LQD −1.1%, +0.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
LQD
−1.1%
LQTI
−0.6%
about even with LQD
8.6% of it arrived as cash. Both charts share one scale, with zero at the line. LQTI over 1 year: paid 8.6%, price −9.1%, total −0.6%, LQD −1.1%, +0.5 pts. Data to Nov 4, 2026.
Data to Nov 4, 2026.Pair scorecard
LQTI costs 0.05 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 4.1 points; HYBL is 3.2 times larger.
Points (pts) are percentage points.
| Measure | HYBL | LQTI |
|---|---|---|
| Paid and earned | ||
| Total return, 1 year | +3.5% | −0.6% |
| Price change, 1 year | fell 3.4% | fell 9.1% |
| Against its benchmark | ||
| Benchmark | not published | US investment grade bonds, measured through LQD |
| Cost and size | ||
| Expense ratio | 0.70% | 0.65% |
| Net assets, as of Nov 3, 2026 | $584m | $185m |
| Holdings | ||
| Holdings in common | 0% | |
Risk and return
Feb 21, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026 · 88 weekly returnsFrom Feb 2025 to Oct 2026, HYBL returned more: +8.4% to +4.2%. HYBL swung less: 3.5% to 5.5%. HYBL fell less at its worst: −3.4% to −5.3%.
Full scorecard
9 measures, with how each is measured Open ↓
| Measure | HYBL | LQTI | Edge | How it is measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return | ||||
| Total return | +8.4% | +4.2% | HYBL | Price change plus distributions, reinvested. |
| Annualized | +4.9% | +2.5% | HYBL | Total return as a yearly rate. |
| Price return | −3.7% | −9.8% | HYBL | Price change alone, distributions left out. |
| Risk | ||||
| Volatility | 3.5% | 5.5% | HYBL | Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier. |
| Downside deviation | 2.7% | 4.4% | HYBL | Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate. |
| Max drawdown | −3.4% | −5.3% | HYBL | Deepest fall from a high to the low after it. |
| Risk-adjusted | ||||
| Sharpe | 0.24 | −0.26 | HYBL | Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility. |
| Sortino | 0.31 | −0.32 | HYBL | Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation. |
| Calmar | 1.43 | 0.46 | HYBL | Annualized return divided by the max drawdown. |
Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 88 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.
What they share
By the books each fund has filed, HYBL and LQTI hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Nov 3, 2026.
half
0% in common
Only in one fund ↓
Side by side
As of Nov 4, 2026. Source: ETFIQ. Cash paid: distributions over the window, as a share of the starting price. Payout rate: the latest payment, annualized, over today’s price.
Window by window
| Total return | Cash paid | Against the benchmark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Window | HYBL | LQTI | HYBL | LQTI | HYBL | LQTI |
| 3 months | −0.1% | −0.4% | 1.8% | 2.2% | not measured | +0.4 pts |
| 6 months | +0.9% | −1.7% | 3.5% | 4.4% | not measured | +0.3 pts |
| 1 year | +3.5% | −0.6% | 6.9% | 8.6% | not measured | +0.5 pts |
| 3 years | +24.7% | – | 23.1% | – | not measured | – |
| Since launchNot the same days: HYBL Feb 2022 · LQTI Feb 2025 | +27.8% | +5.4% | 31.7% | 14.8% | not measured | +0.1 pts |
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HYBL
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, HYBL paid 6.9% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 3.4%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +3.5%. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 7.4%, paid monthly.
LQTI
Over the year to Nov 4, 2026, LQTI paid 8.6% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 9.1%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned −0.6%. US investment grade bonds (LQD) returned −1.1% over the same days, so a holder was about even. At its price on Nov 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualizes to 9.2%, paid monthly. First Trust estimates that 100% of the distribution paid Nov 3, 2026 was a return of capital (its 19a-1 notice). That is a tax label, not a measure of erosion.
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Every number is an ETFIQ calculation with distributions reinvested.
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