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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and MINT +4.2%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or MINT?

HYMB is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HYMB vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to MINT's +4.2%, and HYMB charges 0.35% to MINT's 0.36%.

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Net assets: $3.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF, and $16.4bn on Jun 30, 2026 for PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+4.2%

MINT total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.36%

MINT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HYMB costs 0.01 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.2 points.

HYMB vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	MINT
Return
Measure	HYMB	MINT
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+4.2%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	MINT
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	MINT
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	MINT
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.36%
Net assets, HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026	$3.8bn	$16.4bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	MINT
Holdings in common	0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Apr 21, 2011 to Oct 23, 2026 · 809 weekly returns

HYMB MINT

Return

Total return edge HYMB +84.8% +39.1%

Annualized edge HYMB +4.0% +2.1%

Price return edge MINT −4.7% −0.5%

Risk

Volatility edge MINT 8.7% 1.2%

Max drawdown edge MINT −22.5% −4.6%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge MINT 0.31 0.40

Sortino edge MINT 0.42 0.47

Calmar edge MINT 0.18 0.46

Reading

HYMB returned more: +84.8% to +39.1%. MINT swung less: 1.2% to 8.7%. MINT fell less at its worst: −4.6% to −22.5%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: HYMB vs MINT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	MINT	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+84.8%	+39.1%	HYMB	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+4.0%	+2.1%	HYMB	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−4.7%	−0.5%	MINT	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	8.7%	1.2%	MINT	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	6.4%	1.0%	MINT	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−22.5%	−4.6%	MINT	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.31	0.40	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.42	0.47	MINT	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.18	0.46	MINT	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 809 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and MINT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HYMB MINT

Only in one fund ↓

Only in HYMB

PUERTO RICO SALES TAX FING CORP SALES TAX REVENUE, due Jul 1, 2058 2.49%

PUERTO RICO SALES TAX FING CORP SALES TAX REVENUE, due Jul 1, 2058 1.52%

BUCKEYE OH TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FING AUTH, due Jun 1, 2055 1.25%

PUERTO RICO CMWLTH, due Jul 1, 2041 0.63%

PUERTO RICO SALES TAX FING CORP SALES TAX REVENUE, due Jul 1, 2053 0.61%

PUERTO RICO CMWLTH, due Jul 1, 2046 0.54%

NEW YORK ST LIBERTY DEV CORP LIBERTY REVENUE, due Nov 15, 2044 0.46%

MET PIER & EXPOSITION AUTH IL REVENUE, due Dec 15, 2042 0.43%

Only in MINT

U.S. Treasury Notes, due May 31, 2031 6.21%

Federal National Mortgage Association REMICS, due Sep 25, 2054 1.12%

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMICS, due Nov 25, 2054 0.99%

Sumisho Air Lease Corp., due Aug 15, 2026 0.87%

HSBC Holdings PLC, due Jun 9, 2028 0.77%

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, due Oct 29, 2026 0.77%

Trillium Credit Card Trust II, due Mar 26, 2031 0.71%

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, due Sep 23, 2026 0.70%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer State Street PIMCO

What it is Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond Actively managed

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +4.2%

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% 0.36%

Holdings 2105 977

Net assets, HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 and MINT as of Jun 30, 2026 $3.8bn $16.4bn

HYMB and MINT on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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HYMB and MINT do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. HYMB follows ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index and MINT follows No index, actively managed.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Jun 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 HYMB returned −1.0% and MINT +4.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 5.2 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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.

MINT

MINT is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or MINT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and MINT +4.2%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or MINT?: HYMB is cheaper, by 0.01 percentage points a year. That is about $1 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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HYMB on its own →MINT on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →HYMB dividend history →HYMB holdings →MINT dividend history →MINT holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

HYMB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HYMB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

MINT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

MINT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

PIMCO website ↗

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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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