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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and IWF +0.9%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or IWF?

IWF is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HYMB vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to IWF's +0.9%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $3.8bn for State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and $124.7bn for iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+0.9%

IWF total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.18%

IWF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IWF costs 0.17 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.9 points; IWF is far larger, $124.7bn against $3.8bn.

HYMB vs IWF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	IWF
Return
Measure	HYMB	IWF
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+0.9%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	IWF
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	4.8%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	IWF
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	Russell 1000 Growth Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	IWF
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.18%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$124.7bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	IWF
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		57.5%

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

What they share

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

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 IWF

NVIDIA 15.30%

APPLE 8.18%

MICROSOFT 5.94%

ALPHABET CLASS A 5.62%

BROADCOM INC 4.79%

ALPHABET CLASS C 4.53%

TESLA INC 3.58%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.36%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF IWF iShares Russell 1000 Growth 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 growth

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +0.9%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +1.1% (VONG)

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG −0.2 pts vs VONG

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.18%

Holdings 2105 374

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.8bn $124.7bn

HYMB and IWF 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.

IWF

IWF tracks the Russell 1000 growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +0.9% with distributions reinvested, against +1.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.18% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 374 positions, with the top ten at 57.5%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or IWF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and IWF +0.9%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or IWF?: IWF is cheaper, by 0.17 percentage points a year. That is about $17 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 ↗

IWF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWF ↗

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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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