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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and SPSB returned +2.5%, so SPSB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or SPSB?

HYMB charges 0.35% a year and SPSB charges 0.04%, so SPSB 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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HYMB vs SPSB: how they differ

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

State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and SPSB 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 SPSB
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53%	SALESFORCE INC 0.59%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54%	AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.46%
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27%	BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.44%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64%	CITIGROUP INC 0.44%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62%	MORGAN STANLEY 0.40%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55%	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.39%
New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47%	PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTER 0.39%
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43%	SPRINT CAPITAL CORP 0.39%

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 SPSB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	HYMB State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF	SPSB State Street(R) SPDR(R) Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	State Street
What it is	SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond	SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+2.5%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.8 pts	−15.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.04%
Holdings	1867	1599

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.

SPSB in plain words

SPSB is a bond fund tracking the SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +2.5% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or SPSB?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and SPSB returned +2.5%, so SPSB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or SPSB?: HYMB charges 0.35% a year and SPSB charges 0.04%, so SPSB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HYMB against SPSB, 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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