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Principal Active High Yield ETF (YLD)

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Price: $18.82; —11 Sept 2026
Assets: $606.1M; Total net assets
Expense ratio: 0.39%; Category 0.85%
Yield: 7.31%; Trailing distributions

1Y return: 4.5%-1.5%; Category 6.0%
3Y CAGR: 8.5%-3.0%; Category 11.4%
5Y CAGR: 4.7%+0.9%; Category 3.7%

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Principal Active High Yield ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period	1M	3M	6M	YTD	1Y	3YCAGR	5YCAGR	10YCAGR	LaunchCAGR
ETF	0.0%	+0.8%	+3.8%	+3.9%	+4.5%	+8.5%	+4.7%	+5.5%	+5.2%
Other Allocation average	0.1%	1.6%	3.2%	4.9%	6.0%	11.4%	3.7%	7.2%	4.2%
Difference	-0.1%	-0.8%	+0.7%	-1.0%	-1.5%	-3.0%	+0.9%	-1.6%	+1.0%

Holdings

The 1 largest positions make up 5.6% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
Ticker	Holding	Weight
GVMXX	State Street Instl US Govt MMkt Premier	5.63%

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

Real estate100.0%

Asset mix

Bonds92.7%
Cash6.1%
Preferred shares1.1%
Stocks0.0%

Credit quality

Share of the bonds by rating.

BBB1.5%
BB24.8%
B51.8%
Below B18.4%
Other4.3%

ETF details

Issuer: Principal Funds
Category: Asset Allocation · Other Allocation
Ticker: YLD
Exchange: NYSE Arca
Inception: 8 Jul 2015 (11.2 years)
Structure: Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio: 0.39% (category 0.85%)
Holdings turnover: 43% (category 74%)
Distribution yield: 7.31%
Beta, 3 years: 0.55
Total net assets: $606.1M
Average duration: 7.46 years
Average maturity: 9.97 years

Prices and returns as of 11 Sept 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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