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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 KRE: how they differ

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

State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Regional Banking ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and KRE 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 KRE
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53%Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc 1.37%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54%Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp 1.37%
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27%UMB Financial Corp 1.37%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64%Citizens Financial Group Inc 1.37%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62%Glacier Bancorp Inc 1.36%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55%Associated Banc-Corp 1.36%
New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47%Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc 1.35%
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43%First Interstate BancSystem Inc 1.35%

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 KRE on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HYMB
State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF
KRE
State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Regional Banking ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerState StreetState Street
What it isSPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal BondSPDR S&P Regional Banking
Total return, 1 year+1.7%+16.1%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−15.8 pts−1.4 pts
Expense ratio0.35%0.35%
Holdings1867161

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.

KRE in plain words

KRE is an index equity fund tracking the SPDR S&P Regional Banking. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +16.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 7% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 161 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 5.2% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or KRE?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and KRE returned +16.1%, so KRE returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or KRE?
HYMB charges 0.35% a year and KRE charges 0.35%, so HYMB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HYMB against KRE, 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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