FHBBX — Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc.
Data updated: 2026-08-25
FHBBX — Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. Short Corporate Bond · $491.53M AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
FHBBX Fund Overview
FHBBX — Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. is a US mutual fund managed by Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc., categorised as Short Corporate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc.
- Category: Short Corporate Bond
- Assets under management: $491.53M
- 1-year return: 0.0%
- Ticker: FHBBX
- SEC CIK: 0000225318
- SEC series ID: S000009068
- Share class ID: C000024640
FHBBX Investment Objective and Strategy
Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc..
Investment objective
The Funds investment objective is to seek high current income.
Principal investment strategy
The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of sustainable, lower-rated fixed-income investments (i.e., BB or lower). These investments include lower-rated corporate bonds (also known as junk bonds) which include debt securities issued by U.S. or foreign businesses (including emerging market debt securities). The Funds investment adviser or sub-adviser (as applicable, the Adviser) does not target an average maturity for the Funds portfolio. The Advisers securities selection process includes a focus on sustainable investments and the avoidance of issuers with high environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk as determined in accordance with the Advisers sustainable investment methodology, which includes a proprietary analysis of a companys creditworthiness, ESG risks and sustainability credentials.
The Adviser assigns an ESG Rating to individual securities based on a proprietary assessment of material ESG risks. The Adviser determines these ratings based on research and due diligence, including a review of information that may be publicly available, company provided and/or from third party sources. The ESG Rating is determined by the Advisers view of risks including: environmental (e.g., temperature alignment, carbon intensity, water usage, waste reduction); social (e.g., human rights, employee rights, health/safety concerns, data privacy); and governance (e.g., management effectiveness and board composition). Additionally, issuers will be evaluated based on their approach to addressing greenhouse gas emissions based on the Advisers proprietary Climate Change Impact Score (CCI) methodology.
These scores are determined by combining a review of data on greenhouse gas emissions, publicly available or company-disclosed information, third-party opinions and information derived from engagement with issuers. The Adviser may invest up to 15% of the Funds net assets in companies that have not been subject to sustainability analysis. The Fund will generally not purchase securities with ESG Ratings or CCI Scores below certain thresholds as determined by the Adviser. However, the Fund may purchase a Green Bond, Social Bond or Sustainability-Linked Bond (collectively, GSS Bonds) from certain issuers whose securities may otherwise be excluded based on ESG Ratings or CCI Scores. The Adviser will exclude companies that generate greater than 5% of their revenue from the manufacture of tobacco or controversial weapons, or that, in the Advisers view, are in violation of the UN Global Compact principles.
For purposes of this strategy, examples of controversial weapons include cluster munitions, anti-personnel mines, biological weapons and chemical weapons. The Adviser also targets a lower weighted-average carbon intensity compared to that of the Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index. The Fund may invest in derivative contracts, in particular, futures contracts, option contracts and swap contracts, and/or hybrid instruments to implement elements of its investment strategy. For example, the Fund may use derivative contracts and/or hybrid instruments to increase or decrease the portfolios exposure to the investment(s) underlying the derivative contracts or hybrid instruments in an attempt to benefit from changes in the value of the underlying investment(s). There can be no assurance that the Funds use of derivative contracts or hybrid instruments will work as intended.
Derivative investments made by the Fund are included within the Funds 80% policy (as described below) and are calculated at market value. The Fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in sustainable, lower-rated fixed-income investments. The Fund will notify shareholders at least 60 days in advance of any change in this investment policy. For the purposes of this policy, the Adviser will consider sustainable investments as those that are selected in accordance with its sustainable investment methodology, which is based on a materiality assessment of a companys carbon intensity and incorporates a proprietary scoring methodology focusing on the overall sustainability credentials of issuers.
FHBBX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Federated Hermes Money Market Obligations Trust | 1.57% |
| Ardonagh Group Finance | 1.20% |
| Broadstreet Partners Grp | 1.17% |
| Medline Borrower LP | 1.08% |
| Madison Iaq LLC | 0.98% |
| 1261229 Bc Ltd. | 0.95% |
| 1011778 Bc / New Red Fin | 0.82% |
| Usi Inc/ny | 0.80% |
| Mcafee Corp. | 0.78% |
| Rocket Software, Inc. | 0.77% |
FHBBX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 96.9% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.6% |
FHBBX Performance
Total returns for FHBBX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 0.0% |
| 3 years (annualised) | -3.0% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 0.3% |
FHBBX Risk Information
Risk metrics for FHBBX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 0.0%
FHBBX Costs and Fees
FHBBX costs about $178 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 1.78%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.78%
- Portfolio turnover: 32%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
FHBBX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. had net inflows of $9.35M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | −$890.65K |
| 2026-05 | −$230.00K |
| 2026-04 | $1.58M |
| 2026-03 | $1.39M |
| 2026-02 | $1.47M |
| 2026-01 | −$3.43M |
FHBBX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Ardonagh Group Finance | 1.20% |
| Broadstreet Partners Grp | 1.17% |
| Medline Borrower LP | 1.08% |
| Madison Iaq LLC | 0.98% |
| 1261229 Bc Ltd. | 0.95% |
| 1011778 Bc / New Red Fin | 0.82% |
| Usi Inc/ny | 0.80% |
| Mcafee Corp. | 0.78% |
| Rocket Software, Inc. | 0.77% |
| Amwins Group, Inc. | 0.72% |
FHBBX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-05-26
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-05-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-25
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-22
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-24
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-06-09
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-06-02
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.