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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and IWB +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or IWB?

IWB is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HYMB vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to IWB's +13.1%; 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 $49.1bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Russell 1000 ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+13.1%

IWB total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.15%

IWB expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IWB costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.1 points; IWB is 12.8 times larger.

HYMB vs IWB: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	IWB
Return
Measure	HYMB	IWB
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	IWB
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	IWB
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	Russell 1000 Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	IWB
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 26, 2026	$3.8bn	$48.7bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	IWB
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		92%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		35.3%

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

What they share

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

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 IWB

NVIDIA 7.15%

APPLE 7.06%

MICROSOFT 5.56%

AMAZON.COM INC 3.46%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.63%

BROADCOM INC 2.24%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.12%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.92%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF IWB iShares Russell 1000 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 Russell 1000

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +13.2% (VONE)

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG −0.1 pts vs VONE

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.15%

Holdings 2105 1025

Net assets, HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 and IWB as of Oct 28, 2026 $3.8bn $49.1bn

HYMB and IWB 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.

IWB

IWB tracks the Russell 1000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.2% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,025 positions, with the top ten at 35.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or IWB?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and IWB +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or IWB?: IWB is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 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

HYMB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HYMB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

IWB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWB ↗

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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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