SeekingAlpha · Oct 18, 2026
HYGW: The High Yield Of High Yields That Could Distribute 11%
HYGW systematically sells at-the-money calls on HYG, boosting distributions to an annualized 15.99%. Read why I assign HYGW ETF a Hold rating.
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BATS · HYGW
iShares High Yield Corporate Bond Buywrite Strategy ETF
Financial Services · Asset Management
$28.12
Down-$0.03 (-0.10%)
Updated Nov 2, 2026, 8:04 AM
SID Score
3.8/10
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Institutional and insider signal
- Market cap
- 249.96M
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- 13.73%
- 52-week range
- $27.86 – $29.71
- Volume
- 8.25K
- Avg. volume
- 47.82K
Price performance · HYGW
HYGW price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
Prices through Oct 30, 2026
HYGW closed at $28.12 after 20 trading sessions, up 0.72% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $28.12
- Period change
- +0.72%
- Period low
- $27.87
- Period high
- $28.15
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | $28.14 | $28.14 | $28.099 | $28.1224 | 8.25K |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $28.13 | $28.16 | $28.13 | $28.148 | 16.43K |
| Oct 28, 2026 | $28.111 | $28.16 | $28.111 | $28.14 | 24.52K |
| Oct 27, 2026 | $28.0712 | $28.12 | $28.0567 | $28.1189 | 34.64K |
| Oct 26, 2026 | $28.0301 | $28.07 | $28.03 | $28.07 | 9.6K |
| Oct 23, 2026 | $27.92 | $28.0399 | $27.92 | $28.018 | 10.45K |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $27.96 | $28.05 | $27.95 | $28.00 | 14.07K |
| Oct 21, 2026 | $27.99 | $28.01 | $27.951 | $27.9964 | 7.83K |
| Oct 20, 2026 | $27.88 | $27.99 | $27.88 | $27.93 | 21.81K |
| Oct 19, 2026 | $27.97 | $27.99 | $27.94 | $27.97 | 10.74K |
| Oct 16, 2026 | $28.03 | $28.03 | $27.9201 | $27.96 | 15.8K |
| Oct 15, 2026 | $27.93 | $28.05 | $27.9101 | $28.03 | 36.3K |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $27.895 | $27.90 | $27.86 | $27.87 | 48.01K |
| Oct 13, 2026 | $28.02 | $28.02 | $27.965 | $28.02 | 13.4K |
| Oct 12, 2026 | $27.96 | $28.10 | $27.96 | $28.0776 | 26.36K |
| Oct 9, 2026 | $28.00 | $28.053 | $27.97 | $28.053 | 17.72K |
| Oct 8, 2026 | $28.00 | $28.02 | $27.931 | $28.00 | 55.59K |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $28.04 | $28.04 | $27.94 | $27.9924 | 7.87K |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $28.07 | $28.08 | $28.02 | $28.04 | 17.46K |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $27.86 | $27.935 | $27.86 | $27.92 | 21.44K |
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The fund will seek to write call options up to (but not exceeding) the full amount of shares of the underlying fund held in the fund (i.e., the short position in the call option is offset, or “covered,” by the long position the fund holds in shares of the underlying fund).
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