NEHTX — Loomis Sayles High Income Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-28
NEHTX — Loomis Sayles High Income Fund. Intermediate Corporate Bond · $89.91M AUM · 0.95% expense ratio. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
NEHTX Fund Overview
NEHTX — Loomis Sayles High Income Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Loomis Sayles Funds II, categorised as Intermediate 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: Loomis Sayles Funds II
- Category: Intermediate Corporate Bond
- Assets under management: $89.91M
- Ticker: NEHTX
- SEC CIK: 0000872649
- SEC series ID: S000006700
- Share class ID: C000188536
NEHTX Investment Objective and Strategy
Loomis Sayles High Income Fund describes its objective and strategy as follows, from its latest prospectus filed with the SEC by Loomis Sayles Funds II.
Investment objective
The Fund seeks high current income plus the opportunity for capital appreciation to produce a high total return.
Principal investment strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in below investment grade fixed-income securities (commonly known as junk bonds). Below investment grade fixed-income securities are rated below investment grade quality ( i.e. , none of the three major rating agencies (Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys), Fitch Ratings , Inc. (Fitch) or S&P Global Ratings (S&P)), have rated the securities in one of its top four rating categories) or, if the security is unrated, are determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality. There is no minimum rating for the securities in which the Fund may invest. The Fund may invest up to 30% of its assets in U.S. dollar-denominated foreign fixed-income securities, including those in emerging markets. Although certain securities purchased by the Fund may be issued by domestic companies incorporated outside of the United States, the Adviser does not consider these securities to be foreign if the issuer is included in the U.S.
fixed-income indices published by Bloomberg. The Adviser performs its own extensive credit analysis to determine the creditworthiness and potential for capital appreciation of a security. The Funds management minimizes both market timing and interest rate forecasting. Instead, it uses a strategy based on gaining a thorough understanding of industry and company dynamics as well as individual security characteristics such as issuer debt and debt maturity schedules, earnings prospects, responsiveness to changes in interest rates, experience and perceived strength of management, borrowing requirements and liquidation value, market price in relation to cash flow, interest and dividends. In deciding which securities to buy and sell, the Adviser will consider, among other things, the financial strength of the issuer, current interest rates, current valuations, the Advisers expectations regarding future changes in interest rates and comparisons of the level of risk associated with particular investments with the Advisers expectations concerning the potential return of those investments.
In selecting investments for the Fund, the Adviser utilizes the skills of its in-house team of more than 30 research analysts to cover a broad universe of industries, companies and markets. The Funds portfolio managers take advantage of these extensive resources to identify securities that meet the Funds investment criteria. The Adviser employs a selection strategy that focuses on a value-driven, bottom-up approach to identify securities that provide an opportunity for both generous yields and capital appreciation. The Adviser analyzes an individual companys potential for positive financial news to determine if it has growth potential. Examples of positive financial news include an upward turn in the business cycle, improvement in cash flows, rising profits or the awarding of new contracts.
The Adviser emphasizes in-depth credit analysis, appreciation potential and diversification in its bond selection. Each bond is evaluated to assess the ability of its issuer to pay interest and, ultimately, principal (which helps the Fund generate an ongoing flow of income). The Adviser also assesses a bonds relation to market conditions within its industry and favors bonds whose prices may benefit from positive business developments. The Adviser seeks to diversify the Funds holdings to reduce the inherent risk in below investment grade fixed-income securities. In connection with its principal investment strategies, the Fund may also invest in structured notes, collateralized loan obligations, bank loans, zero-coupon securities, pay-in-kind securities, convertible securities, securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 (Rule 144A securities), other privately placed investments such as private credit investments, and futures, forward contracts and swaps (including credit default swaps) for hedging and investment purposes.
The Fund may from time to time satisfy the 80% test above by obtaining investment exposure to below investment grade fixed-income securities through investments in these derivative instruments. Except as provided above or as required by applicable law, the Fund is not limited in the percentage of its assets that it may invest in these instruments.
NEHTX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Loomis Sayles High Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury | 2.11% |
| Fixed Income Clearing Corp. | 2.02% |
| Cco Hldgs Llc/cap Corp. | 1.48% |
| Centene Corp. | 1.45% |
| Ball Corp. | 1.41% |
| Ardonagh Finco Ltd. | 1.35% |
| Taylor Morrison Comm | 1.14% |
| Echostar Corp. | 1.12% |
| Open Text, Inc. | 1.09% |
| 1011778 Bc / New Red Fin | 1.06% |
NEHTX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Loomis Sayles High Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 85.6% |
| Loans | 9.1% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.9% |
| Equity | 0.5% |
| Securitized | 0.1% |
NEHTX Performance
Total returns for NEHTX (as of 2026-10-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 2.0% |
| 1 year | 6.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 8.8% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 2.7% |
NEHTX Risk Information
Risk metrics for NEHTX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 2.6%
NEHTX Costs and Fees
NEHTX costs about $95 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.95%
- Gross expense ratio: 1.51%
- Portfolio turnover: 107%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.19 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
NEHTX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Loomis Sayles High Income Fund had net inflows of $12.24M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $52.19K |
| 2026-05 | $9.36M |
| 2026-04 | $383.93K |
| 2026-03 | −$1.19M |
| 2026-02 | $206.79K |
| 2026-01 | $3.47M |
NEHTX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Loomis Sayles High Income Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Cco Hldgs Llc/cap Corp. | 1.48% |
| Centene Corp. | 1.45% |
| Ball Corp. | 1.41% |
| Ardonagh Finco Ltd. | 1.35% |
| Taylor Morrison Comm | 1.14% |
| Echostar Corp. | 1.12% |
| Open Text, Inc. | 1.09% |
| 1011778 Bc / New Red Fin | 1.06% |
| Petsmart Llc/petsmart Fi | 1.02% |
| Chord Energy Corp. | 1.01% |
NEHTX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Loomis Sayles High Income Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-04-26
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-05-05
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-26
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-16
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-14
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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.