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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and HYMB −1.0%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or HYMB?

AVEM is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVEM vs HYMB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to HYMB's −1.0%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $27.3bn for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF and $3.8bn for State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVEM costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.9 points; AVEM is 7.2 times larger.

AVEM vs HYMB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	HYMB
Return
Measure	AVEM	HYMB
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	−1.0%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	HYMB
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	HYMB
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	HYMB
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.3bn	$3.8bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	HYMB
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM and HYMB hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AVEM HYMB

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AVEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR ADR 6.82%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 6.09%

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S GDR 5.35%

SK HYNIX INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 4.89%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK HKD.00002 1.49%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 1.02%

MEDIATEK INC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.96%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.73%

Only in HYMB

PRCGEN 5.000 07/01/58 1.94%

PRCGEN 4.784 07/01/58 1.25%

BUCGEN 5.000 06/01/55 1.08%

PRC 4.000 07/01/46 0.64%

PRCGEN 4.329 07/01/40 0.61%

NYCDEV 5.000 11/15/44 0.49%

PRC 4.000 07/01/41 0.47%

CHIEDU 6.000 12/01/41 0.46%

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Side by side

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Avantis State Street

What it is Actively managed Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond

Total return, 1 year +17.9% −1.0%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.4% (AGG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured +0.4 pts vs AGG

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.35%

Holdings 4088 2105

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $27.3bn $3.8bn

AVEM and HYMB on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

AVEM

AVEM is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,088 positions, with the top ten at 28.7%. It sat 10.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

HYMB

HYMB tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.0% with distributions reinvested, against −1.4% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 4.7% below its high of Jul 2, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, AVEM or HYMB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and HYMB −1.0%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or HYMB?: AVEM is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

HYMB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HYMB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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