YLD Principal Active High Yield ETF

ETF 18.22 Delayed

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YLD $18.22 —
Key stats
$18.22
52-Week Range
$18.11 – $19.35
YTD
-4.11%
IV Rank (30D)
34.17
Straddle Price
$0.00
Open
$18.20
Day Range
$18.19 – $18.25
Volume
289,323
Prev Close
$18.20
About

Principal Active High Yield ETF (YLD) ETF

No description available.

Exchange
ARCX
Inception
2015-07-08
Has Options
Yes
Fund profile
holdings as of Jun 30, 2026SEC filingthrough Jun 2026flows, SEC filings
Taxable Bond High Yield Bond#26 of 83 by assets Principal Actively managed
Expense ratio
0.39%
prospectus, filed Oct 27, 2025
Assets
$608M
shares × price, Oct 20, 2026
Trailing yield
7.70%
paid monthly
Average daily volume
$4.6M
30 sessions
Holdings
150
top 10 are 15.9%
Listed
Jul 8, 2015
NYSE Arca
Closure risk, 12 months
0.5%
low · model
FrenzyCap ETF score
60
how it is built
Cost38
Liquidity56
Scale66
Diversification100

Moves with. Long Treasuries (30% of its variance, beta 0.33); High yield over Treasuries (11% of its variance, beta 0.66); US large-cap stocks (10% of its variance, beta 0.07). These factors explain 61% of its daily moves over the last year.

Stated objective. The Fund seeks to provide a high level of current income. (from the fund's prospectus)

All 150 holdingsFlow historyOverlap toolAll High Yield Bond ETFs

Fund flows
through Jun 2026SEC filings
Jun 2026
+$28M
latest reported month
Latest 3 months
+$75M
+13.0% of assets
Latest 12 months
+$260M
+45.5% of assets
Jul 2025: +$21MAug 2025: +$47M+$47MAugSep 2025: +$21MOct 2025: +$27MOctNov 2025: +$21MDec 2025: +$10MDecJan 2026: $0Feb 2026: +$26MFebMar 2026: +$12MApr 2026: +$25MAprMay 2026: +$21MJun 2026: +$28MJun
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Net flows of YLD by month, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
MonthNet flow
Jun 2026+$28M
May 2026+$21M
Apr 2026+$25M
Mar 2026+$12M
Feb 2026+$26M
Jan 2026$0
Dec 2025+$10M
Nov 2025+$21M
Oct 2025+$27M
Sep 2025+$21M
Aug 2025+$47M
Jul 2025+$21M

Net creations and redemptions from the fund's SEC filings, which become public about 60 days after each quarter. Every month since 84 months ago

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What changed in the portfolio
Mar 31, 2026 → Jun 30, 2026
ActionHoldingWeight beforeWeight afterShares vs flows
New positionLABELS BUYER LLC—0.02%—

1 new, 0 exited, 0 increased and 0 decreased between the fund's two latest holdings reports; turnover 14.1%. Full holdings and history

Under the hood
fiscal year to Jun 30, 2026SEC census
Authorized participants
3 active
of 16 with agreements; top 3 did 100%
Created · redeemed
$260M · $0
over the fiscal year
Redemptions in kind
0%
creations 81% in kind
Creation unit
50,000
shares
Securities lending
4.65%
of assets on loan on average; earned 7.0 bp

From the fund's annual census filing with the SEC. In-kind redemptions are what let an ETF shed appreciated securities without realising gains.

ETF Profile
holdings as of 2026-06-30
Holdings
150
AUM
$593.7M
Provider
Nport
Inception
2015-07-08
Exchange
ARCX
Data As Of
2026-06-30
Expense Ratio
0.39%
Dividend Yield
7.69%
Distribution
Monthly
Recent distributions
Ex-Date Pay Date Amount Type
2026-10-01 2026-10-05 $0.1146 CD
2026-09-01 2026-09-03 $0.1131 CD
2026-08-03 2026-08-05 $0.1156 CD
2026-07-01 2026-07-06 $0.1153 CD
2026-06-01 2026-06-03 $0.1098 CD
2026-05-01 2026-05-05 $0.1137 CD
Asset Allocation
Top Holdings
top 50 of 150 holdings
Symbol Name Weight % Asset Class Country
— Principal Funds, Inc - Government Money Market Fund, Class R-6 3.64% Short-term investment US
— State Street Institutional US Government Money Market Fund 3.45% Short-term investment US
— ENERGY TRANSFER LP 2.02% Debt US
— MATADOR RESOURCES CO 1.96% Debt US
— OLYMPUS WTR US HLDG CORP 1.54% Debt US
— JAZZ SECURITIES DAC 1.52% Debt IE
— FREEDOM MORTGAGE HOLD 1.49% Debt US
— CALIFORNIA BUYER/ATLANTI 1.49% Debt GB
— AMERITEX HOLDCO INTERMED 1.49% Debt US
— SUNOCO LP 1.47% Debt US
— GLOBAL AIR LEASE CO LTD 1.47% Debt KY
— SMYRNA READY MIX CONCRET 1.46% Debt US
— EQUIPMENTSHARE.COM INC 1.45% Debt US
— ICAHN ENTERPRISES/FIN 1.44% Debt US
— CARVANA CO 1.43% Debt US
— SINCLAIR TELEVISION GROU 1.42% Debt US
— UBS GROUP AG 1.41% Debt CH
— VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC 1.36% Debt US
— FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS L 1.35% Debt CA
— CHOBANI LLC/FINANCE CORP 1.27% Debt US
— DIG INTL FIN/DIFL US LLC 1.26% Debt JM
— ARBOR REALTY SR INC 1.26% Debt US
— ONEMAIN FINANCE CORP 1.24% Debt US
— UNITI GRP/UNITI HLD/CSL 1.22% Debt US
— CAESARS ENTERTAIN INC 1.20% Debt US
— MAXIM CRANE WORKS LLC 1.19% Debt US
— CREDIT ACCEPTANC 1.14% Debt US
— TMS INTERNATIONAL CORP 1.13% Debt US
— CONCENTRA HEALTH SERVICE 1.11% Debt US
— TREKOR METALS LTD 1.11% Debt CA
— JANE STREET GRP/JSG FIN 1.07% Debt US
— TRUENOORD CAPITAL DAC 1.06% Debt IE
— B&G FOODS INC 1.04% Debt US
— VOLTAGRID LLC 1.02% Debt US
— VIRGIN MEDIA SECURED FIN 1.01% Debt GB
— ECHOSTAR CORP 0.99% Debt US
— VIASAT INC 0.99% Debt US
— TRANSDIGM INC 0.99% Debt US
— ADAMS HOMES INC 0.97% Debt US
— VICTRA HLDG/VICTRA FIN 0.96% Debt US
— NOBLE FINANCE II LLC 0.96% Debt US
— ALTICE FRANCE SA 0.95% Debt FR
— VERITIV OPERATING CO 0.95% Debt US
— WATCO COS LLC/FINANCE CO 0.95% Debt US
— SOLARIS ENERGY INFRASTRU 0.92% Debt US
— DISH NETWORK CORP 0.90% Debt US
— HA SUSTAINABLE INF CAP 0.90% Debt US
— NCR ATLEOS LLC 0.90% Debt US
— BARCLAYS PLC 0.89% Debt GB
— DIRECTV FIN LLC/COINC 0.87% Debt US
Non-Equity Breakdown
Principal Active High Yield ETF · NPORT-P period 2026-06-30 (filed 2026-08-11)
Net assets: $573M · 150 total positions · equity 0.03% · non-equity 103.61%
Non-equity holdings — 147 positions, 103.61% of NAV
Category Weight Value Positions
Corporate 88.94% $509.5M 128
Short-term investment 7.09% $40.6M 2
Corporate 4.36% $25.0M 12
Debt 2.92% $16.7M 4
US Treasury 0.30% $1.7M 1
Chart
Seasonality
'21'22'23'24'25'26Avg
Jan0.24%-2.19%3.04%0.74%1.25%0.92%0.67%
Feb1.08%-1.24%-2.08%-0.03%0.62%0.13%-0.25%
Mar1.45%-0.80%1.84%1.32%-1.45%-0.52%0.31%
Apr1.48%-2.73%0.55%-0.42%-0.26%1.22%-0.03%
May0.25%0.06%-0.52%1.06%1.28%0.63%0.46%
Jun0.83%-6.85%1.27%0.52%2.05%0.32%-0.31%
Jul0.81%5.25%1.21%2.28%0.31%0.12%1.66%
Aug0.39%-2.51%0.60%1.83%0.89%0.90%0.35%
Sep-0.07%-3.26%-1.45%1.67%1.30%-1.99%-0.63%
Oct0.22%2.50%0.00%-0.05%-0.62%-0.63%*0.24%
Nov-0.98%3.10%3.31%2.08%0.29%--1.56%
Dec1.21%-2.25%1.59%-1.18%0.18%---0.09%
Total7.10%-10.92%9.61%10.20%5.95%1.06%3.84%
Technical Indicators

Quick-reference for reading the values below. Indicators combine to confirm a view — no single one is a trade signal on its own.

Trend Indicators
  • SMA 20 / 50 / 200 — price above = uptrend, below = downtrend. SMA 50 crossing SMA 200 is the golden/death cross.
  • EMA 12 / 26 — faster-reacting averages; 12 above 26 is short-term bullish.
  • MACD — bullish when MACD > signal (green badge), bearish when below. Divergence from price often precedes reversals.
  • ADX (14) — trend strength regardless of direction. <20 range, 20–25 weak trend, 25–50 trend, >50 strong trend.
  • +DI / −DI — +DI > −DI favors bulls; the reverse favors bears. Read alongside ADX.
Momentum Oscillators
  • RSI (14) — <30 oversold, >70 overbought. 40–60 is neutral; trending names can stay extreme.
  • Stochastic %K / %D — <20 oversold, >80 overbought. %K crossing %D is an early momentum signal.
  • Williams %R — inverted scale: <−80 oversold, >−20 overbought.

Oscillators work best in range-bound markets; in strong trends they give premature reversal signals.

Volume & Volatility
  • Bollinger Bands — price at upper band = overbought, lower = oversold. Narrow bands (squeeze) often precede expansion.
  • OBV — cumulative volume; rising OBV confirms uptrend, falling OBV confirms downtrend. Divergence from price is a warning.
  • Vol SMA 20 / Vol ROC — today's volume vs. 20-day average. Positive ROC with price move = conviction.
  • ATR / True Range — average daily $ move; sizing and stop-loss reference.
  • HV 20 / 30 / 60 — realized (historical) volatility. Compare to IV on the options cards: IV > HV = rich premium.

Confluence matters: trend + momentum + volume agreeing carries far more weight than any single indicator. For how these feed the spread scanner score, see the algorithm docs →

Trend Indicators

SMA 20: $18.33
SMA 50: $18.67
SMA 200: $18.92
Current: $18.23
EMA 12: $18.27
EMA 26: $18.41
MACD: -0.1401 | Signal: 0.0068
BEARISH
ADX (14): 53.49
STRONG TREND
+DI: 9.00
−DI: 33.89

Momentum Oscillators

RSI (14): 32.84
NEUTRAL
Stoch %K: 29.55
Stoch %D: 26.30
Williams %R: -62.57

Volume & Volatility

BB Upper: $18.60
BB Lower: $18.06
NEUTRAL
OBV: -1,665,633
Vol SMA 20: 280,489
Vol ROC: -56.14%
ATR: $0.09
True Range: $0.06
HV 20: 4.6%
HV 30: 4.7%
HV 60: 4.8%

Data Summary

Data Points: 500
Last Updated:
Date Range: 2024-10-23T00:00:00 – 2026-10-21T00:00:00
AI Analysis

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Analysis includes technical indicators, news sentiment, risk assessment, and specific price levels to watch.

News
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YLD Options Activity & IV Rank

YLD IV rank history, 52-week IV rank and IV percentile →

Volatility Metrics

Current IV: 41.6%
7-DTE IV: —
Expected Move: $0.00
7-DTE Move: $0.00
Days to Exp: 30 (2026-11-20)

Options Flow

Call Volume: 0
Put Volume: 0
P/C Volume: —
Call OI: 0
Put OI: 0
P/C OI: —
Total OI: 0

ATM Options Pricing

ATM Call: $0.00
ATM Put: $0.00
Call %: 0.0%
Put %: 0.0%

Chain Summary

Chain Volume: 0
Chain OI: 0
Last Updated: 10/21/2026
Spread Scanner GPU
Full Algorithm Docs ↗

Each spread is ranked by a composite score built in three stages. Full documentation →

Stage 1 — Base Score (GPU scanner)

score = P(profit) × (credit / spread_width)
P(profit) from short leg delta (1 − |delta|), penalised above 85%. Credit uses mid-price to handle illiquid chains fairly.

Stage 2 — Skew Adjustment (±25% cap)

RR and BF (30-delta) from the persisted per-symbol skew snapshot — wing strikes picked by real greeks.delta, not a moneyness proxy. Put skew boosts bull puts, penalises bear calls. High butterfly boosts iron condors. Calendars are skew-neutral.

Stage 3 — Technical Overlay (±50% cap, 5 groups)
Group 1 · Directional Bias (±0.25)
  • RSI <40 bullish / >60 bearish
  • MACD crossover + histogram trend
  • Price vs SMA 50 & SMA 200
Group 2 · Momentum (±0.10)
  • Stochastic %K <20 / >80
  • Williams %R <−80 / >−20
Group 3 · Volatility (up to −0.25 / +0.15)
  • Blended ATR + straddle expected-move penalty
  • Bollinger Band signal (+ counter-trend penalty)
  • BB width — vol contraction boost for ICs
Group 4 · IV Regime (±0.15)
  • IV rank ≥ 75 → strong boost for credit spreads
  • IV rank < 25 → penalty (selling cheap vol)
Group 5 · Liquidity (penalty up to −0.10)
  • Min open interest across all legs
  • OI < 100 → −0.10 · OI < 500 → −0.05

score = base_score × skew_multiplier × tech_multiplier
Both multipliers are shown per spread. Beta is informational only — ATR already captures realized vol. Full algorithm documentation →

Enter a ticker to scan for optimal spread opportunities.

Evaluates all bull put, bear call, iron condor, and calendar spread combinations using GPU-accelerated analysis.

Skew (Wing IV − ATM IV)
DTE:
Wing Δ:
Metric:
Wing vs ATM
IV(put wing) − IV(ATM), in vol points

How much the OTM put trades above (or below) the at-the-money strike. Measures the height of the put-side tail relative to ATM — i.e. how expensive crash insurance is on this name.

  • Positive (typical) — wing IV > ATM IV. Standard equity put skew: portfolios bid up crash protection, so OTM puts trade richer than ATM.
  • Near zero or negative (unusual) — wing IV ≤ ATM IV. Flat or inverted put side. Common when there's no fear demand, in tightly mean-reverting names, or right after an earnings catalyst clears.
  • Percentile vs own 3-yr history: high = wings rich (good time to sell wing premium); low = wings cheap (good time to buy protection).
  • Not directional — high or low wings don't predict up or down moves. It's a price tag on tail insurance, not a forecast.
Risk Reversal
IV(call wing) − IV(put wing), equal delta on each side

Which side of the smile is the market paying up for? Measures the tilt of the surface — call skew vs put skew at matched deltas.

  • Negative (typical) — puts richer than calls. Standard equity behavior: hedging demand makes puts carry a premium. Most large-caps sit in the −1 to −5 vol-point range.
  • Strongly negative (< −5 pts) — heavy downside hedging, elevated fear, or an upcoming catalyst (earnings, FDA, macro event). Worth flagging.
  • Positive — calls richer than puts. Unusual for equities; signals bullish momentum, short-squeeze positioning, or takeover/M&A speculation.
  • Near zero — symmetric surface. Market sees roughly equal up/down risk. Rare for large-caps; more common in commodities and FX.
Reading them together

Wing-vs-ATM tells you how expensive the tails are. Risk Reversal tells you which side is favored. Combined:

  • High wing percentile + deeply negative RR → strong put bid; stress or major event priced in. Owning protection costs a premium; selling put premium is dangerous.
  • Low wing percentile + near-zero RR → complacency; insurance cheap and balanced. Good environment to add cheap downside hedges.
  • Positive RR + elevated wings → call-side fear-of-missing-out; common in squeeze setups. Upside calls expensive, downside puts not bid.
14 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
as of Oct 21 · No data
30 DTE / 10d —
— pts EXTREME
as of Oct 21 · ATM 217.7% / Wing —

Percentile is the rank of today's reading within ~3 years of this symbol's own history. High percentile = wings are rich relative to history; not a directional signal. Skew is read off the chain in real time, not from CBOE SKEW.

Volatility Surface

Enter a ticker to render the implied volatility surface.

Volatility Smile

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IV Rank (7 DTE)
IV Rank (30 DTE)34.2MediumOct 21
Straddle Price (30 DTE)$0.00Oct 21
Beta Analysis

Risk Metrics

Beta: 0.2295
Alpha: -8.73%
Correlation: 0.5878
R-Squared: 34.6%
Stock Volatility: 5.0%
Market Volatility: 12.7%

Analysis Details

Benchmark: SPY
Data Points: 251
Period: 252 trading days
Interpretation:
Low volatility - stock moves less than market
Beta & Alpha Over Time

YLD Institutional Ownership (13F)

Latest filings — 2026-09-30

Institutional managers with $100M+ AUM file Form 13F-HR quarterly, due 45 days after quarter end. Holdings are reported gross at quarter-end market value — they are a snapshot, not a real-time position.

  • Shares — long equity positions in this name, aggregated across share classes.
  • Calls / Puts — notional value of long call / put exposure where this ticker is the underlying.
  • % of Float — holder's reported shares divided by the latest diluted shares outstanding. Sums above 100% indicate large custodian / prime broker positions where the same shares are reported by multiple filers.
  • Custodian badge — filers with more than 5,000 holdings are typically broker-dealers / custodians reporting customer-held shares, not active managers.

Each filer is counted once at its latest 13F-HR filing. New filings are ingested on a weekly cadence.

71 filers27,242,367 shares$518.54M value
# Filer Shares Value % of Total % of Float Period
1 PRINCIPAL SECURITIES, INC. 4,807,872 $91.73M 17.69% — 2026-06-30
2 Envestnet Asset Management, Inc. 4,334,582 $82.70M 15.95% — 2026-06-30
3 Principal Financial Group, Inc. 3,253,825 $61.89M 11.94% — 2026-06-30
4 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Custodian 2,086,927 $39.82M 7.68% — 2026-06-30
5 Wells Fargo & Company Custodian 1,920,432 $36.64M 7.07% — 2026-06-30
6 LPL Financial LLC Custodian 1,526,597 $29.13M 5.62% — 2026-06-30
7 Cyndeo Wealth Partners, LLC 1,183,372 $21.83M 4.21% — 2026-09-30
8 Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 950,578 $18.14M 3.50% — 2026-06-30
9 Raymond James Financial, Inc. Custodian 866,006 $16.52M 3.19% — 2026-06-30
10 BALANCED WEALTH GROUP LLC 860,404 $16.42M 3.17% — 2026-06-30
11 Stifel Financial Corp Custodian 518,546 $9.89M 1.91% — 2026-06-30
12 McAdam, LLC 437,028 $8.34M 1.61% — 2026-06-30
13 NICOLET ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 433,302 $8.27M 1.59% — 2025-12-31
14 Royal Bank of Canada Custodian 367,334 $7.01M 1.35% — 2026-06-30
15 MLG Wealth Management DBA Pine Grove Financial Group 377,944 $6.97M 1.34% — 2026-09-30
16 Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC 353,081 $6.74M 1.30% — 2026-06-30
17 BlueStem Wealth Partners, LLC 330,214 $6.30M 1.22% — 2026-06-30
18 JPMorgan Chase & Co Custodian 303,525 $5.79M 1.12% — 2026-06-30
19 US BANCORP \DE\ Custodian 303,329 $5.79M 1.12% — 2026-06-30
20 OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. Custodian 260,642 $4.97M 0.96% — 2026-06-30
21 Manske Wealth Management 174,477 $3.33M 0.64% — 2026-06-30
22 NICOLET BANKSHARES INC 143,202 $2.72M 0.53% — 2026-06-30
23 CreativeOne Wealth, LLC 112,605 $2.15M 0.41% — 2026-06-30
24 Ameritas Advisory Services, LLC 104,007 $1.98M 0.38% — 2026-06-30
25 Fifth Third Securities, Inc. 99,978 $1.91M 0.37% — 2026-06-30
# Filer Notional Value % of Total Period
# Filer Notional Value % of Total Period
Short Interest & Float

Regulatory short-interest reports publish on a bi-weekly settlement cadence; short-volume is reported daily by the trade-reporting facilities. Float is derived from insider-ownership filings.

Metric definitions
  • Short Interest — total shares currently sold short as of the settlement date. Lags real time by ~8 business days.
  • SI % of Float — short interest / free float. The key crowding metric.
  • Days to Cover — short interest / avg daily volume. How many full trading days it would take shorts to buy back. High DTC + catalyst = squeeze fuel.
  • Short Vol Ratio — today's short-sale volume / total volume. Intraday selling pressure proxy (not the same as short interest).
  • Free Float — shares available for public trading (total shares minus insider / restricted).
  • Float % — free float / shares outstanding. <50% = tightly held, more prone to squeezes.
How to read the signals
  • SI % of Float < 5% — typical, no particular signal.
  • 5–15% — elevated; watch for catalysts (earnings, guidance, macro).
  • 15–30% — heavily shorted; tight-float names in this range have produced notable squeezes historically.
  • >30% — extreme; borrow is likely expensive and squeeze risk is material.
  • Days to Cover > 5 combined with high SI% amplifies squeeze potential.
History chart
  • Trend matters more than level. Rapidly rising short interest often precedes negative catalysts or heavy hedging.
  • A sudden drop in SI after a rally may indicate a squeeze in progress.

Short interest is reported mid-month and end-of-month; short volume is daily.

Short Interest
50.73K
SI % of Float
0.15%
Days to Cover
1.00
Short Vol Ratio
28.9%
Free Float
—
Float %
—
Short interest 2026-09-30 • Short volume 2026-10-21
Constituent Performance

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Constituents
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