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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and VNQ returned +5.6%, so VNQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or VNQ?

HYMB charges 0.35% a year and VNQ charges 0.13%, so VNQ 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 VNQ: how they differ

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

State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and VNQ 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 VNQ
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53%	Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund 14.67%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54%	Welltower Inc 7.86%
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27%	Prologis Inc 7.02%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64%	Equinix Inc 5.66%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62%	American Tower Corp 4.55%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55%	Digital Realty Trust Inc 3.67%
New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47%	Simon Property Group Inc 3.54%
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43%	Realty Income Corp 3.12%

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 and VNQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	HYMB State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF	VNQ Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	Vanguard
What it is	SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond	US real estate
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+5.6%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.8 pts	−11.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.13%
Holdings	1867	146

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.

VNQ in plain words

VNQ is an index equity fund tracking the US real estate. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +5.6% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.13% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 63% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 146 positions, with the top ten at 54.9%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or VNQ?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and VNQ returned +5.6%, so VNQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or VNQ?: HYMB charges 0.35% a year and VNQ charges 0.13%, so VNQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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