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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and IWM +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or IWM?

IWM is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HYMB vs IWM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to IWM's +14.1%; 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 $75.5bn for iShares Russell 2000 ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+14.1%

IWM total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.19%

IWM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

IWM costs 0.16 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.1 points; IWM is 19.9 times larger.

HYMB vs IWM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	IWM
Return
Measure	HYMB	IWM
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	IWM
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	7.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	IWM
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	Russell 2000 Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	IWM
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.19%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$75.5bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	IWM
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		3.3%

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

What they share

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

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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 IWM

JFROG 0.37%

GLAUKOS 0.35%

TWIST BIOSCIENCE 0.35%

MOOG INC CLASS A 0.34%

BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.33%

UMB FINANCIAL 0.33%

SM ENERGY 0.32%

10X GENOMICS CLASS A 0.31%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF IWM iShares Russell 2000 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 2000

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +14.1%

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

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

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.19%

Holdings 2105 1977

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.8bn $75.5bn

HYMB and IWM 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.

IWM

IWM tracks the Russell 2000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +14.3% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.19% 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 1,977 positions, with the top ten at 3.3%. It sat 7.6% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or IWM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and IWM +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or IWM?: IWM is cheaper, by 0.16 percentage points a year. That is about $16 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 ↗

IWM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IWM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IWM ↗

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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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