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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and XLG returned +12.2%, so XLG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or XLG?

HYMB charges 0.35% a year and XLG charges 0.20%, so XLG 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 XLG: how they differ

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

State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and XLG 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 XLG
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53%	NVIDIA Corp. 13.10%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54%	Apple Inc. 10.76%
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27%	Microsoft Corp. 8.18%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64%	Amazon.com, Inc. 6.99%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62%	Alphabet Inc. 6.05%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55%	Broadcom Inc. 4.85%
New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47%	Alphabet Inc. 4.82%
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43%	Meta Platforms, Inc. 3.61%

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 XLG on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	HYMB State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF	XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	Invesco
What it is	SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond	S&P 500 top 50
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+12.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.8 pts	−5.3 pts
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.20%
Holdings	1867	51

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.

XLG in plain words

XLG is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 top 50. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 51 positions, with the top ten at 63.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or XLG?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and XLG returned +12.2%, so XLG returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or XLG?: HYMB charges 0.35% a year and XLG charges 0.20%, so XLG is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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