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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and ILF +17.2%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or ILF?

HYMB is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HYMB vs ILF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to ILF's +17.2%; 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 $3.5bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Latin America 40 ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+17.2%

ILF total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.47%

ILF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HYMB costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.2 points; HYMB is 1.1 times larger.

HYMB vs ILF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	ILF
Return
Measure	HYMB	ILF
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+17.2%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	ILF
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	13.7%, high on Oct 12, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	ILF
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	S&P Latin America 40
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	ILF
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$3.5bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	ILF
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		55.6%

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

What they share

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

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 ILF

NU HOLDINGS CLASS A 7.53%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO ADR REPTG PRE 6.95%

ITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING ADR REP PRE 6.61%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO ADR REPTG SA 6.61%

VALE ADR REPRESENTING ONE 6.45%

GRUPO MEXICO B 6.26%

GPO FINANCE BANORTE 4.48%

CREDICORP LTD 3.96%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF ILF iShares Latin America 40 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 an index of Latin America 40

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +17.2%

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

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG not measured

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.47%

Holdings 2105 46

Net assets, HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 and ILF as of Oct 28, 2026 $3.8bn $3.5bn

HYMB and ILF 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.

ILF

ILF tracks an index of Latin America 40. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% 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 46 positions, with the top ten at 55.6%. It sat 13.7% below its high of Oct 12, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or ILF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and ILF +17.2%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or ILF?: HYMB is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 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 ↗

ILF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ILF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for ILF ↗

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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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