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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and IEFA +12.3%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or IEFA?

IEFA is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HYMB vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to IEFA's +12.3%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF, and $190.4bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+12.3%

IEFA total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.07%

IEFA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IEFA costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.3 points; IEFA is far larger, $190.1bn against $3.8bn.

HYMB vs IEFA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	IEFA
Return
Measure	HYMB	IEFA
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+12.3%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	IEFA
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	4.7%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	IEFA
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	MSCI EAFE IMI Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	IEFA
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$190.1bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	IEFA
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		12.3%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and IEFA 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 HYMB IEFA

Only in one fund ↓

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%

Only in IEFA

ASML HOLDING 2.55%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 1.36%

SHELL 1.21%

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.18%

NOVARTIS AG 1.14%

ASTRAZENECA PLC 1.04%

NESTLE SA 1.04%

SAP 0.97%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond Tracks the MSCI EAFE

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +12.3%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +14.3% (ACWX)

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG −2.0 pts vs ACWX

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.07%

Holdings 2105 2629

Net assets, HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 and IEFA as of Oct 28, 2026 $3.8bn $190.4bn

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

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About each fund

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.

IEFA

IEFA tracks the MSCI EAFE. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.3% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% 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 2,629 positions, with the top ten at 12.3%. It sat 4.7% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or IEFA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and IEFA +12.3%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or IEFA?: IEFA is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

HYMB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HYMB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

IEFA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IEFA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IEFA ↗

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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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