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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and XLY returned −4.1%, so HYMB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or XLY?

HYMB charges 0.35% a year and XLY charges 0.08%, so XLY 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 XLY: how they differ

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

State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and State Street(R) Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR(R) ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and XLY 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 XLY
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53%	Amazon.com Inc 22.24%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54%	Tesla Inc 19.66%
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27%	Home Depot Inc/The 5.83%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64%	McDonald's Corp 4.16%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62%	TJX Cos Inc/The 3.93%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55%	Booking Holdings Inc 3.44%
New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47%	Lowe's Cos Inc 3.08%
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43%	Starbucks Corp 2.90%

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 XLY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	HYMB State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF	XLY State Street(R) Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR(R) 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	Consumer discretionary
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	−4.1%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.8 pts	−21.6 pts
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.08%
Holdings	1867	47

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.

XLY in plain words

XLY is an index equity fund tracking the Consumer discretionary. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −4.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 47 positions, with the top ten at 69.2%. It sat 8.9% below its high of Jan 12, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or XLY?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and XLY returned −4.1%, so HYMB returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or XLY?: HYMB charges 0.35% a year and XLY charges 0.08%, so XLY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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