Which returned more over the last year, BSV or HYMB?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and HYMB returned +1.7%, so HYMB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, BSV or HYMB?

BSV charges 0.03% a year and HYMB charges 0.35%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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BSV vs HYMB: how they differ

BSV and HYMB hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and HYMB returned more over the year.

Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund and State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, BSV and HYMB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in BSV	Only in HYMB
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.13%	Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.90%	Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.89%	Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.82%	Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.81%	Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.80%	New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47%
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.78%	Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

BSV and HYMB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index Fund	HYMB State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	State Street
What it is	Short-Term Bond	SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond
Total return, 1 year	+1.1%	+1.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−16.4 pts	−15.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.35%
Holdings	3185	1867

BSV in plain words

BSV is a bond fund tracking the Short-Term Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

HYMB in plain words

HYMB is a bond fund tracking the SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 3.8% below its high of Jul 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, BSV or HYMB?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, BSV returned +1.1% and HYMB returned +1.7%, so HYMB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, BSV or HYMB?: BSV charges 0.03% a year and HYMB charges 0.35%, so BSV is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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