Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
HYMB vs VXUS: how they differ
HYMB and VXUS hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VXUS returned more over the year.
State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and VXUS hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in HYMB | Only in VXUS |
|---|---|
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53% | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 3.97% |
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54% | Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.67% |
| Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27% | ASML Holding NV 1.32% |
| Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64% | SK hynix Inc 1.14% |
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62% | Tencent Holdings Ltd 0.89% |
| Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55% | HSBC Holdings PLC 0.74% |
| New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47% | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd 0.69% |
| Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43% | AstraZeneca PLC 0.67% |
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 | VXUS Vanguard Total International Stock 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 | Total International Stock |
| Total return, 1 year | +1.7% | +22.3% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −15.8 pts | +4.8 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.05% |
| Holdings | 1867 | 8775 |
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.
VXUS in plain words
VXUS is an index equity fund tracking the Total International Stock. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +22.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 8775 positions, with the top ten at 12.4%.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or VXUS?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and VXUS returned +22.3%, so VXUS returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, HYMB or VXUS?
- HYMB charges 0.35% a year and VXUS charges 0.05%, so VXUS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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