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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and HYMB −1.0%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or HYMB?

HYMB is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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DVY vs HYMB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to HYMB's −1.0%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $23.4bn for iShares Select Dividend ETF and $3.8bn for State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HYMB costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.1 points; DVY is 6.2 times larger.

DVY vs HYMB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	HYMB
Return
Measure	DVY	HYMB
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	−1.0%
Drawdown
Measure	DVY	HYMB
Below its high		4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	HYMB
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	HYMB
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.4bn	$3.8bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	HYMB
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	80%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, DVY 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 DVY HYMB

Only in one fund ↓

Only in DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00%

ONEOK 1.87%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

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

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer iShares State Street

What it is Tracks an index of US dividend Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond

Total return, 1 year +17.1% −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 0.38% 0.35%

Holdings 101 2105

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $23.4bn $3.8bn

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

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About each fund

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

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, DVY or HYMB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and HYMB −1.0%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or HYMB?: HYMB is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for DVY ↗

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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