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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 VB: how they differ

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

State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and VB 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 VB
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53%Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54%Jabil Inc 0.49%
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27%REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64%Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62%Natera Inc 0.45%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55%EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%
New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47%Twilio Inc 0.38%
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43%NRG Energy Inc 0.38%

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 VB on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
HYMB
State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF
VB
Vanguard Small-Cap Index Fund
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerState StreetVanguard
What it isSPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal BondSmall-Cap
Total return, 1 year+1.7%+15.2%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−15.8 pts−2.3 pts
Expense ratio0.35%0.03%
Holdings18671311

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.

VB in plain words

VB is an index equity fund tracking the Small-Cap. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +15.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 22% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1311 positions, with the top ten at 4.3%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or VB?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and VB returned +15.2%, so VB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or VB?
HYMB charges 0.35% a year and VB charges 0.03%, so VB is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HYMB against VB, 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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