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

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HYMB vs IYR: how they differ

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

State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and IYR 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 HYMBOnly in IYR
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53%WELLTOWER INC. 10.88%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54%PROLOGIS, INC. 8.77%
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27%SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC. 4.79%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64%EQUINIX, INC. 4.58%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62%DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. 4.41%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55%REALTY INCOME CORPORATION 4.29%
New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47%AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION 3.88%
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43%PUBLIC STORAGE. 3.74%

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.

HYMB and IYR on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HYMB
State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF
IYR
iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerState StreetiShares
What it isSPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal BondU.S. Real Estate
Total return, 1 year+1.7%+4.7%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−15.8 pts−12.8 pts
Expense ratio0.35%0.37%
Holdings186761

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.

IYR in plain words

IYR is an index equity fund tracking the U.S. Real Estate. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 61 positions, with the top ten at 51.5%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or IYR?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and IYR returned +4.7%, so IYR returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or IYR?
HYMB charges 0.35% a year and IYR charges 0.37%, so HYMB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HYMB against IYR, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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