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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and IYW +23.2%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or IYW?

HYMB is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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HYMB vs IYW: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to IYW's +23.2%; 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 $25.0bn for iShares U.S. Technology ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+23.2%

IYW total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.37%

IYW expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HYMB costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 24.2 points; IYW is 6.6 times larger.

HYMB vs IYW: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	IYW
Return
Measure	HYMB	IYW
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+23.2%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	IYW
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	5.5%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	IYW
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	Russell 1000 Technology RIC 22
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	IYW
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$25.0bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	IYW
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		65.1%

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

What they share

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

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 IYW

NVIDIA 16.81%

APPLE 16.60%

MICROSOFT 13.07%

BROADCOM INC 3.14%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 3.04%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 3.02%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 2.73%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.38%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF IYW iShares U.S. Technology 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 U.S. Technology

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +23.2%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +13.1% (IWB)

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG +10.1 pts vs IWB

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.37%

Holdings 2105 150

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.8bn $25.0bn

HYMB and IYW 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.

IYW

IYW tracks an index of U.S. Technology. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +23.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% 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 150 positions, with the top ten at 65.1%. It sat 5.5% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or IYW?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and IYW +23.2%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or IYW?: HYMB is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 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 ↗

IYW filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

IYW prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for IYW ↗

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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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