The Principal Active Income ETF (YLD) is an actively-managed fund that seeks to provide income from a mix of stocks, master-limited partnerships and fixed-income securities. YLD is a truly active fun, with no constraints on security type, sectors, countries or regions. Its stated goal is provide “current income with diversified risk” by investing in companies with a “defensive quality bias.” YLD’s management fee is reasonable for an active fund.
Investors could compare performance against other active multi-asset funds like the SPDR SSgA Global Allocation ETF (GAL) or the Aptus Defined Risk ETF (DRSK). Stock-pickers have consistently trailed index funds, especially in U.S. equities. Investors might want to compare YLD to indexed asset-allocation strategies like the iShares Core Growth Allocation ETF (AOR). The two funds have very different mixes of stocks and debt, which is to be expected, but it’s worth noting for comparison.
| Segment | Asset Allocation: Global - Target Outcome |
| Category | Asset Allocation |
| Focus | Target Outcome |
| Niche | Income |
| Strategy | Active |
| Weighting Scheme | Proprietary |
This section compares how balanced and deep this ETF is relative to its peers.
| YLD | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Holdings | 119 | 475 | 29 |
| % of Assets in Top 10 | 19.85% | 27.58% | 77.88% |
| % of Assets in Top 15 | 26.93% | 31.36% | 84.72% |
| % of Assets in Top 50 | 67.22% | 50.29% | 97.09% |
| YLD | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Large (>12.9B) | N/A | N/A | 0.08% |
| Mid (>2.7B) | N/A | N/A | 0.16% |
| Small (>600M) | N/A | N/A | 0.06% |
| Micro (<600M) | N/A | N/A | 0.00% |
This section compares the P/E ratio of this ETF to its peers.
This section compares the dividend yield of this ETF to its peers.
| YLD | ETF Database Category Average | FactSet Segment Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend | $ 0.10 | $ 0.19 | $ 0.18 |
| Dividend Date | 2023-12-01 | N/A | N/A |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $ 1.24 | $ 2.17 | $ 0.70 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 6.71% | 6.23% | 3.27% |
View charts featuring YLD price and volume data.
View charts featuring ETF fund flow data.
5 Day Net Flows: 5.53 M 1 Month Net Flows: 26.56 M 3 Month Net Flows: 30.16 M 6 Month Net Flows: 36.53 M 1 Year Net Flows: -113.33 M 3 Year Net Flows: -81.42 M 5 Year Net Flows: -81.42 M 10 Year Net Flows: -81.42 MView charts that break down the influence that fund flows and price had on overall assets.
5 Day Net AUM Change: 6.21 MThe adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for YLD on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, concentration of holdings in addition to an overall rating. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETF Database Pro members, shows the ETF in the High Yield Bonds with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field. To view all of this data, sign up for a free 14-day trial for ETF Database Pro. To view information on how the ETF Database Realtime Ratings work, click here.
This section compares the cost efficiency of this ETF to its peers.
| Max ST Capital Gains Rate | 39.60% |
| Max LT Capital Gains Rate | 20.00% |
| Tax On Distributions | Ordinary income |
| Distributes K1 | No |
This section shows how this ETF has performed relative to its peers. Returns over 1 year are annualized.
| YLD |
ETF Database
Category Average |
Factset Segment
Average |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Month Return | 2.05% | 2.19% | 2.55% |
| 3 Month Return | 3.08% | 2.91% | 1.59% |
| YTD Return | 10.30% | 8.30% | 6.76% |
| 1 Year Return | 9.43% | 7.73% | 5.48% |
| 3 Year Return | 3.53% | 0.74% | 0.90% |
| 5 Year Return | 4.34% | 1.77% | 1.35% |
The following charts reflect the geographic spread of YLD's underlying holdings.
The following charts reflect the allocation of YLD's underlying holdings.
| Asset | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Corporate | 84.72% |
| Open-ended Fund | 5.34% |
| Other | 3.65% |
| Bank Loan | 3.43% |
| Preferred | 1.67% |
| Sovereign | 1.13% |
| CASH | 0.01% |
| Sector | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Finance | 33.42% |
| Consumer Services | 9.14% |
| Miscellaneous | 7.97% |
| Energy Minerals | 6.67% |
| Electronic Technology | 4.85% |
| Utilities | 3.85% |
| Commercial Services | 3.82% |
| Non-Energy Minerals | 3.78% |
| Other | 3.65% |
| Industrial Services | 3.14% |
| Process Industries | 2.63% |
| Transportation | 2.35% |
| Consumer Non-Durables | 2.22% |
| Producer Manufacturing | 2.13% |
| Distribution Services | 2.11% |
| Retail Trade | 2.1% |
| Communications | 1.77% |
| Health Services | 1.5% |
| Technology Services | 1.43% |
| Government | 1.13% |
| Consumer Durables | 0.28% |
| CASH | 0.01% |
| Market Cap | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Large | 0.0% |
| Mid | 0.0% |
| Small | 0.0% |
| Micro | 0.0% |
| Region | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Other | 92.94% |
| North, Central and South America | 7.01% |
| Region | Percentage |
|---|
| Country | Percentage |
|---|---|
| United States | 71.2% |
| Other | 9.74% |
| Canada | 6.45% |
| Cayman Islands | 3.83% |
| United Kingdom | 3.16% |
| Ireland | 2.79% |
| Luxembourg | 1.73% |
| Macao | 0.57% |
| Netherlands | 0.48% |
| Credit | Percentage |
|---|---|
| AAA | 0.0% |
| AA | 0.0% |
| A | 0.0% |
| BBB | 0.0% |
| BB | 0.0% |
| B | 0.0% |
| Below B | 0.0% |
| Not Rated | 0.0% |
| Maturity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Less Than 1 Year | 0.0% |
| 1-3 Years | 0.0% |
| 3-5 Years | 0.0% |
| 5-7 Years | 0.0% |
| 7-10 Years | 0.0% |
| 10-15 Years | 0.0% |
| 15-20 Years | 0.0% |
| 20-30 Years | 0.0% |
| 30+ Years | 0.0% |
| Maturity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Less Than 1 Year | 0.0% |
| 1-3 Years | 0.0% |
| 3-5 Years | 0.0% |
| 5-7 Years | 0.0% |
| 7-10 Years | 0.0% |
| 10-15 Years | 0.0% |
| 15-20 Years | 0.0% |
| 20-30 Years | 0.0% |
| 30+ Years | 0.0% |
| Asset | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Corporate | 84.72% |
| Open-ended Fund | 5.34% |
| Other | 3.65% |
| Bank Loan | 3.43% |
| Preferred | 1.67% |
| Sovereign | 1.13% |
| CASH | 0.01% |
This section shows how the volatility of this ETF compares to the peer group ETF Database Category.
| 5 Day Volatility | 22.63% |
| 20 Day Volatility | 5.52% |
| 50 Day Volatility | 6.87% |
| 200 Day Volatility | 5.70% |
| Beta | 0.53 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.37% |
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