Simplify High Yield ETF (CDX)

NYSEARCA: CDX · Real-Time Price · USD
22.50
-0.07 (-0.31%)
Dec 5, 2025, 4:00 PM EST - Market closed
-0.31%
Assets $471.27M
Expense Ratio 0.25%
PE Ratio n/a
Shares Out 21.13M
Dividend (ttm) $2.40
Dividend Yield 10.65%
Ex-Dividend Date Nov 21, 2025
Payout Ratio n/a
1-Year Return -3.11%
Volume 222,800
Open 22.59
Previous Close 22.57
Day's Range 22.45 - 22.59
52-Week Low 21.57
52-Week High 24.89
Beta 0.37
Holdings 202
Inception Date Feb 14, 2022

About CDX

Fund Home Page

The Simplify High Yield ETF (CDX) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high yield fixed income. The fund is a fund-of-funds that invests in US high-yield bond ETFs with different maturities. It also provides a credit hedge overlay, which may contain S&P 500 Index (SPX) puts. CDX was launched on Feb 14, 2022 and is issued by Simplify.

Asset Class Fixed Income
Category High Yield Bond
Region North America
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol CDX
ETF Provider Simplify

Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Nov 21, 2025 $0.150 Nov 28, 2025
Oct 28, 2025 $0.150 Oct 31, 2025
Sep 25, 2025 $0.150 Sep 30, 2025
Aug 26, 2025 $0.150 Aug 29, 2025
Jul 28, 2025 $0.150 Jul 31, 2025
Jun 25, 2025 $0.150 Jun 30, 2025
Full Dividend History

News

Navigating Private Credit: Simplify's Christopher Getter on PCR

VettaFi recently sat down with Christopher Getter of Simplify Asset Management to discuss the role of private credit in portfolios and the unique structure of the Simplify Private Credit Strategy ETF ...

Other symbols: PCR
4 days ago - ETF Trends

CDX: A High-Yield Fund Built For The Crunch

The Simplify High Yield ETF offers a defensive approach to high-yield investing, using proprietary hedges to dampen credit-driven drawdowns. CDX employs swaps, credit default swaps, and options to man...

11 days ago - Seeking Alpha

Not The Usual High Yield: The CDX Case

Simplify High Yield ETF offers an alternative HY strategy, mixing synthetic exposure with a quality/junk hedge to maximize income and manage credit risk. An ambitious claim, yet so far it has delivere...

3 months ago - Seeking Alpha

CDX: Good Idea, Bad Execution

CDX ETF has outperformed peers and delivered strong returns, validating its unique quality/junk equity hedge strategy for high-yield bond exposure. Recent volatility in April highlighted the risks of ...

6 months ago - Seeking Alpha

ETF Edge: Moody's downgrade, ETFs with hedge fund strategies and product overload

Paisley Nardini, Simplify Asset Management managing director and portfolio manager, and Dave Nadig, financial futurist, join Dom Chu on “ETF Edge” to talk about new investor optimism, ETFs adopting a ...

Other symbols: CTAHEQT
7 months ago - CNBC Television

New Fund Name for the Simplify High Yield PLUS Credit Hedge ETF (CDX)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Simplify Asset Management has announced that the Simplify High Yield PLUS Credit Hedge ETF (NYSE Arca: CDX) has been renamed Simplify High Yield ETF.

10 months ago - Business Wire

CDX: High-Yield Bond ETF, Credit Hedged, Ineffective Strategy

A reader asked for my thoughts on CDX. CDX focuses on high-yield corporate bonds with a credit hedge meant to protect investor capital when credit spreads widen. CDX's credit hedges, including S&P 500...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

CDX: High Yield Fund With A Wide Mandate (Rating Downgrade)

CDX has shifted from a high yield ETF with an embedded hedge to a multi-asset fund. The fund's new structure introduces higher risk, making it unsuitable as a building block for high yield portfolios....

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

Simplify Provides Estimated Capital Gain Distribution Information for 2024

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Simplify announced today that it expects to deliver capital gains distributions across six Simplify ETFs.

1 year ago - Business Wire

CDX: Good Way To Own High Yield Bonds

Simplify High Yield PLUS Credit Hedge ETF uses a long-short portfolio of high-quality vs. low-quality stocks to hedge credit risk, offering a positive carry credit hedge. While CDX offers protection a...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

Credit Hedging Done Right: CDX Outperforms With Defense

The credit risk in high yield bonds tends to have more volatility and credit spreads can widen swiftly during periods of market stress, wiping out income quickly. CDX deploys credit hedging techniques...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

CDX: If You Want To Buy High Yield Here, Buy It Hedged

CDX outperformed competitors HYG and JNK in the past year from a total return perspective, and with a better drawdown profile. CDX utilizes put spreads on the S&P 500 to hedge downside moves, providin...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

Simplify Provides Estimated Capital Gain Distribution Information for 2023

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Simplify announced today that it expects to deliver capital gains distributions across six Simplify ETFs.

2 years ago - Business Wire

Net Asset Value Restatement for Simplify High Yield PLUS Credit Hedge ETF (CDX)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Simplify Asset Management Inc. announces NAV restatement for the Simplify High Yield PLUS Credit Hedge ETF (NYSE Arca: CDX).

2 years ago - Business Wire

CDX: Hedged U.S. High Yield Exposure

The Simplify High Yield PLUS Credit Hedge ETF is a fixed-income exchange-traded fund. The vehicle focuses on U.S. high yield credit and tries to hedge the downside via SPY puts, CDX index calls, or ot...

2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

Simplify Adds to Its Fixed Income ETF Suite With Launch of Two Funds Focused on Hedging Credit Risk

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Simplify launches AGGH and CDX ETFs, first-of-their-kind fixed income funds providing investors with unique credit hedge overlays

Other symbols: AGGH
4 years ago - Business Wire