Fund · First Trust Tactical High Yield ETF · measured from SEC filings
HYLS holdings
HYLS reports 333 holdings and behaves like 195.5 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-07-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 27 quarters of filings.
Measured concentration
as of 2026-07-31Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 0.37% at a quoted market price (level 1), 13 issuer countries.
What stands out
as of 2026-07-31HYLS's largest investment is Bculc 4 10/15/30 144a at 1.48% of net assets. Onedigital Borr 06/12/32 and Bwin 7.125 05/15/31 144a follow; the three together are 4.27%. Ten companies are 11.98% of the fund; the other 323 share the rest. Among the 192 bond funds measured here, HYLS behaves like 195.5 holdings against a median of 236.4 — close to the median. Across 27 quarterly filings HYLS has become less concentrated: it behaved like 128.3 at 2019-10-31 and 180.6 at 2026-04-30. Between the 2026-01-31 and 2026-04-30 filings 48 positions were added and 64 dropped; 22.8% of the weight moved. the United States is the largest country at 88.58% of the portfolio, across 13 countries in the filing.
Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable bond funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.
Every filing since 2019
27Between 2019-10-31 and 2026-04-30, HYLS went from behaving like 128.3 equally weighted positions to 180.6 — 41% more, while its top ten went from 17.43% to 11.81% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | 313 | 180.6 | 11.81% | 1.45% |
| 2026-01-31 | 328 | 175.8 | 12.81% | 1.65% |
| 2025-10-31 | 330 | 174.6 | 12.98% | 1.87% |
| 2025-07-31 | 334 | 172.6 | 13.23% | 1.82% |
| 2025-04-30 | 332 | 159.7 | 14.18% | 1.88% |
| 2025-01-31 | 354 | 146.9 | 15.88% | 2.31% |
| 2024-10-31 | 346 | 127.5 | 18.48% | 3.51% |
| 2024-07-31 | 329 | 103.1 | 21.34% | 4.89% |
Earlier filings (19 more, back to 2019-10-31)
| Period | Holdings | Effective | Top 10 | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-30 | 327 | 111 | 21.17% | 2.6% |
| 2024-01-31 | 306 | 96.8 | 22.32% | 2.71% |
| 2023-10-31 | 312 | 96.8 | 22.31% | 3.02% |
| 2023-07-31 | 311 | 82.5 | 25.44% | 3.63% |
| 2023-04-28 | 314 | 85 | 24.92% | 3.75% |
| 2023-01-31 | 268 | 75.6 | 25.99% | 4.59% |
| 2022-10-31 | 295 | 92.7 | 21.61% | 2.82% |
| 2022-07-29 | 326 | 104.4 | 19.79% | 2.54% |
| 2022-04-29 | 417 | 135.5 | 15.71% | 2.03% |
| 2022-01-31 | 448 | 159.4 | 13.5% | 1.96% |
| 2021-10-29 | 456 | 160.1 | 13.87% | 1.95% |
| 2021-07-30 | 469 | 164.2 | 13.67% | 2.28% |
| 2021-04-30 | 462 | 166.6 | 13.72% | 2.33% |
| 2021-01-29 | 438 | 169.2 | 13.68% | 2.27% |
| 2020-10-30 | 421 | 163.6 | 14.99% | 2.47% |
| 2020-07-31 | 399 | 162.5 | 15.15% | 2.44% |
| 2020-04-30 | 324 | 124.5 | 18.43% | 3.38% |
| 2020-01-31 | 315 | 123 | 18.86% | 2.57% |
| 2019-10-31 | 291 | 128.3 | 17.43% | 2.21% |
One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.
Largest positions, as filed
as of 2026-04-30The 15 largest of 333 positions in HYLS's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: HYLS.csv.gz.
| # | Position | Weight | Cumulative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1011778 B.C. ULC / NEW RED FINANCE INC | 1.45% | 1.4% |
| 2 | ONEDIGITAL BORR 06/12/32 | 1.41% | 2.9% |
| 3 | BALDWIN INSURANCE GROUP HOLDINGS LLC (THE) | 1.32% | 4.2% |
| 4 | UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA) INC | 1.25% | 5.4% |
| 5 | QXO INC | 1.17% | 6.6% |
| 6 | DISH NETWORK CORP | 1.06% | 7.7% |
| 7 | ALLIANT HOLDINGS INTERMEDIATE LLC | 1.05% | 8.7% |
| 8 | FAIR ISAAC CORP | 1.05% | 9.8% |
| 9 | QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC | 1.05% | 10.8% |
| 10 | ATHENAHEALTH GROUP INC | 1.01% | 11.8% |
| 11 | VIKING OCEAN CRUISES SHIP VII LTD | 1.01% | 12.8% |
| 12 | BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE INC | 1.00% | 13.8% |
| 13 | CLOUD SOFTWARE GROUP INC | 1.00% | 14.8% |
| 14 | ECHOSTAR CORP | 0.98% | 15.8% |
| 15 | ARDONAGH FINCO LTD | 0.95% | 16.8% |
By country of issuer
as of 2026-04-30Share of HYLS's own investments by the issuer country the filer reported (incorporation, not revenue). Each country links to every fund that holds it.
| Country | Share |
|---|---|
| United States | 87.00% |
| Canada | 4.05% |
| Jersey° | 1.87% |
| United Kingdom | 1.86% |
| Ireland° | 1.39% |
| Bermuda° | 1.05% |
| Netherlands° | 0.56% |
| Panama° | 0.53% |
Returns the fund reported
2019-08 – 2026-04Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of HYLS's own filings, 81 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.
Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference 0.18 percentage points over 81 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: HYLS.json · all funds.
Since the previous filing
2026-01-31 → 2026-04-30323 positions became 307: 48 added (10.8% of the fund at the later date), 64 dropped (16.1% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 22.8%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of HYLS compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.
| Largest increases | 2026-01-31 | 2026-04-30 | Largest decreases | 2026-01-31 | 2026-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAIR ISAAC CORP | 0.20% | 1.05% | ACRISURE LLC / ACRISURE FINANCE INC | 1.15% | 0.51% |
| ROCKET COMPANIES INC | 0.27% | 0.78% | HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD | 0.71% | 0.12% |
| ECHOSTAR CORP | 0.50% | 0.98% | MILANO ACQUISIT 08/17/27 | 0.83% | 0.25% |
| INSTALLED BUILDING PRODUCTS INC | 0.04% | 0.51% | VISTA MANAGEMEN 03/26/31 | 0.47% | 0.04% |
| ZIGGO BV | 0.08% | 0.54% | MORGAN STANLEY INSTITUTIONAL LIQUIDITY FUNDS | 1.17% | 0.78% |
| SCIH SALT HOLDINGS INC | 0.08% | 0.53% | MOLINA HEALTHCARE INC | 0.87% | 0.51% |
New: VIKING OCEAN CRUISES SHIP VII LTD (1.01%), PERFORMANCE FOOD GROUP INC (0.54%), TENET HEALTHCARE CORP (0.53%), PARAMOUNT GLOBAL (0.52%), FLUTTER TREASURY DAC (0.51%), AZORRA FINANCE LTD (0.48%). Gone: LIGHTNING POWER LLC (1.65%), X CORP 9.50%, d0/29/2029 (0.94%), AMWINS GROUP INC (0.59%), FRONERI LUX FINCO SARL (0.53%), Garda World Security Corp (0.51%), TRINET GROUP INC (0.50%).
Asset categories and pricing
as of 2026-07-31| Asset category (as filed) | Share of investments |
|---|---|
| debt DBT | 87.54% |
| loan LON | 12.10% |
| short-term investment STIV | 0.37% |
0.4% of HYLS is carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's, from Form N-PORT; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.
Neighbours by effective holdings, debt funds
10Every measured debt fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of HYLS (195.5). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.
| Fund | Reports | Behaves like | Top ten | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JSCP JPMorgan Short Duration Core Plus ETF | 1,222 | 180.2 | 18.91% | 2026-05-31 |
| FDHY Fidelity Enhanced High Yield ETF | 300 | 185 | 10.85% | 2026-05-31 |
| CGCB Capital Group Core Bond ETF | 771 | 191 | 13.29% | 2026-06-30 |
| FLHY Franklin High Yield Corporate ETF | 290 | 193.6 | 9.92% | 2026-06-30 |
| ICVT iShares Convertible Bond ETF | 376 | 195.5 | 12.95% | 2026-07-31 |
| BGRN iShares USD Green Bond ETF | 317 | 198 | 12.76% | 2026-07-31 |
| CGSD Capital Group Short Duration Income ETF | 1,063 | 198.7 | 12.75% | 2026-06-30 |
| GSST Goldman Sachs Ultra Short Bond ETF | 391 | 207.8 | 10% | 2026-05-31 |
| UCON First Trust Smith Unconstrained Bond ETF | 505 | 214.4 | 13.79% | 2026-05-31 |
| VNLA Janus Henderson Short Duration Income ETF | 363 | 217.8 | 10.59% | 2026-07-31 |
Essays that examine HYLS
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