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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and PVAL returned +28.4%, so PVAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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

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HYMB vs PVAL: how they differ

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

State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and PVAL 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 HYMB	Only in PVAL
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53%	CISCO SYSTEMS INC 6.06%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54%	CITIGROUP INC 4.68%
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27%	EXXON MOBIL CORP 3.66%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64%	ALPHABET INC 3.33%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62%	ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.09%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55%	SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 3.08%
New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47%	AMAZON.COM INC 2.96%
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43%	MICROSOFT CORP 2.96%

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 and May 29, 2026.

HYMB and PVAL on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	HYMB State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF	PVAL Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	Putnam
What it is	SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond	Putnam Focused Large Cap Value
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+28.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.8 pts	+10.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.35%	not published
Holdings	1867	45

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.

PVAL in plain words

PVAL is an index equity fund tracking the Putnam Focused Large Cap Value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +28.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 45 positions, with the top ten at 35.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or PVAL?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and PVAL returned +28.4%, so PVAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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