NYSE Arca · YLD · ETF
Principal Active High Yield ETF (YLD) ETF price history
Every NYSE Arca trading session of Principal Active High Yield ETF from Jul 13, 2015 to Sep 28, 2026: 2,820 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
YLD adjusted close, 2015 to 2026
- $18.99
- All time high, 2026
- $19.02
- 52 week high, $17.98 low
- 2,820
- Daily sessions since 2015
Last updated Sep 28, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 2015 to 2026 series and minute bars.
YLD key facts
- Principal Active High Yield ETF (YLD) closed at $18.54 on Sep 28, 2026 on NYSE Arca.
- YLD's all time high close is $18.99, set on Aug 19, 2026; its all time low close is $9.27 on Feb 12, 2016.
- YLD's 52 week range is $17.98 to $19.02.
- YLD returned +1.5% over the year to Sep 28, 2026 and +22.7% over five years.
- Over ten years YLD returned +63%, +5.0% a year compounded.
- YLD's deepest drawdown was -28.3% from Jan 14, 2020 to Mar 23, 2020.
- DataCedar holds 2,820 daily sessions of YLD history from Jul 13, 2015 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
YLD price chart, 2015 to 2026
YLD returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Sep 28, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | -1.9% |
| 3 months | -2.0% |
| 6 months | +1.4% |
| Year to date | +1.2% |
| 1 year | +1.5% |
| 3 years | +25.9% |
| 5 years | +22.7% |
| 10 years | +63.3% |
| Since Jul 13, 2015 | +71.9% |
| Compound annual growth, 11.2 years | +4.9% |
YLD records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $18.99 on Aug 19, 2026
- All time low close
- $9.27 on Feb 12, 2016
- 52 week high
- $19.02 on Jun 15, 2026
- 52 week low
- $17.98 on Nov 19, 2025
- Deepest drawdown
- -28.3% from Jan 14, 2020 to Mar 23, 2020, recovered Dec 4, 2020
- Best single session
- +4.7% on Mar 24, 2020
- Worst single session
- -6.0% on Mar 16, 2020
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 4.5%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 48%
- Best calendar year
- 2016, +14%
- Worst calendar year
- 2022, -9%
YLD price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 2015 starts on Jul 13, 2015; 2026 runs to Sep 28, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $18.34 | $19.02 | $18.23 | $18.54 | +1.1% | 35.5M | 185 |
| 2025 | $17.25 | $18.37 | $16.33 | $18.33 | +6.5% | 40.7M | 250 |
| 2024 | $15.78 | $17.52 | $15.59 | $17.21 | +9.2% | 16.4M | 252 |
| 2023 | $14.06 | $16.95 | $14.02 | $15.76 | +12.9% | 15.1M | 250 |
| 2022 | $15.37 | $15.38 | $13.15 | $13.95 | -8.8% | 18.1M | 251 |
| 2021 | $13.98 | $15.35 | $13.89 | $15.30 | +9.5% | 3M | 252 |
| 2020 | $13.78 | $13.97 | $9.47 | $13.97 | +1.5% | 7.5M | 253 |
| 2019 | $11.95 | $13.85 | $11.90 | $13.76 | +13.6% | 11.9M | 252 |
| 2018 | $12.47 | $12.99 | $11.73 | $12.12 | -2.9% | 1.8M | 251 |
| 2017 | $11.49 | $12.49 | $11.48 | $12.48 | +8.7% | 1.2M | 251 |
| 2016 | $10.06 | $11.64 | $9.27 | $11.49 | +13.7% | 1.9M | 252 |
| 2015 | $10.85 | $10.85 | $9.75 | $10.10 | n/a | 770.2K | 121 |
YLD monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | $18.54 | -2.0% |
| August 2026 | $18.92 | +0.5% |
| July 2026 | $18.83 | -0.7% |
| June 2026 | $18.97 | +0.4% |
| May 2026 | $18.90 | +0.9% |
| April 2026 | $18.72 | +1.1% |
| March 2026 | $18.51 | -0.3% |
| February 2026 | $18.57 | +0.4% |
| January 2026 | $18.50 | +0.9% |
| December 2025 | $18.33 | +0.8% |
| November 2025 | $18.19 | -0.0% |
| October 2025 | $18.20 | -0.5% |
About the YLD data
Daily bars. 2,820 sessions from Jul 13, 2015 to Sep 28, 2026, one row per NYSE Arca trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Sep 25, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are NYSE Arca trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Jul 13, 2015, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/YLD/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
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