Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
HYMB vs QUAL: how they differ
HYMB and QUAL hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and QUAL returned more over the year.
State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and QUAL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in HYMB | Only in QUAL |
|---|---|
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53% | NVIDIA CORPORATION 6.52% |
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54% | APPLE INC. 6.28% |
| Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27% | MICROSOFT CORPORATION 5.05% |
| Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64% | META PLATFORMS, INC. 3.50% |
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62% | LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION 3.23% |
| Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55% | THE TJX COMPANIES, INC. 3.19% |
| New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47% | VISA INC. 3.09% |
| Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43% | ELI LILLY AND COMPANY 2.92% |
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 Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.
| HYMB State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF | QUAL iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | State Street | iShares |
| What it is | SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond | MSCI USA Quality Factor |
| Total return, 1 year | +1.7% | +16.0% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −15.8 pts | −1.5 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.15% |
| Holdings | 1867 | 121 |
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.
QUAL in plain words
QUAL is an index equity fund tracking the MSCI USA Quality Factor. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +16.0% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 121 positions, with the top ten at 39.1%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or QUAL?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and QUAL returned +16.0%, so QUAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, HYMB or QUAL?
- HYMB charges 0.35% a year and QUAL charges 0.15%, so QUAL is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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