FHISX Fees and Costs — Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc., Institutional Shares

Data updated: 2026-08-25

The net expense ratio is 0.65%: a 0.50% management fee plus 0.29% other expenses, less a 0.14% fee waiver. There are no sales loads or redemption fees. In fiscal 2026 the fund paid $1 in broker commissions, and portfolio turnover was 32%.

FHISX Fees and Expenses

Annual operating expenses and sales charges of FHISX. Prospectus, as of March 31, 2026.

Annual operating expenses
Management fee0.50%
12b-1 fee0.00%
Other expenses0.29%
Gross expense ratio0.79%
Fee waiver−0.14%
Net expense ratio0.65%
Sales charges
Max front load0.00%
Max deferred load0.00%
Redemption fee0.00%
Expense limitation in place (N-CEN)Yes
Fees waived or reduced during the yearYes
Waived fees subject to recoupmentNo

FHISX Costs Over Time

On $10,000 invested in FHISX, assuming 5% a year before costs, total costs come to $409 over 5 years, cutting the return by 0.68% a year. Illustration, not a forecast: it assumes today's net expense ratio throughout (a fee waiver may end).

$10,000 investedSell after 1 yearSell after 3 yearsSell after 5 years
Value before costs$10,500$11,576$12,763
Fund expenses (net expense ratio 0.65%)$68$214$372
Lost growth on money paid in costs$0$11$37
Total costs$68$224$409
Value after costs$10,432$11,352$12,353
Impact on return, per year0.68%0.68%0.68%

FHISX Trading Costs

Brokerage costs reported on SEC Form N-CEN for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.

  • Explicit cost rate (commissions ÷ average net assets): —
  • Total broker commissions: $1
  • Bought from dealers (principal trades, not a cost): $494.0M
  • Portfolio turnover (prospectus): 32%
  • Securities lending: none during the year

FHISX Agency Brokers

Commissions paid.

BrokerAmountShare
Nomura Securities International, Inc.$1100.00%

FHISX Dealer Counterparties

Securities bought directly from dealers (principal trades).

BrokerAmountShare
Federated Securities Corp.$246.0M53.78%
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC$44.1M9.65%
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC$33.9M7.41%
BofA Securities, Inc.$33.1M7.24%
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC$31.7M6.92%
Jane Street Execution Services, LLC$17.5M3.83%
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.$14.3M3.12%
Jefferies LLC$13.1M2.87%
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC$12.5M2.72%
Barclays Capital Inc.$11.2M2.46%

Federated Hermes Sustainable High Yield Bond Fund, Inc. Share Classes

Net expense ratio and maximum front-end load of each share class, cheapest first.

TickerClassNet expense ratioFront load
FHBRXClass R60.64%none
FHISXInstitutional Shares0.65%none
FHIIXClass A0.90%4.50%
FHICXClass C1.74%none

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.