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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and PDBC +55.6%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or PDBC?

HYMB is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 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 PDBC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to PDBC's +55.6%; 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 $8.0bn for Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+55.6%

PDBC total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.59%

PDBC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HYMB costs 0.24 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 56.6 points; PDBC is 2.1 times larger.

HYMB vs PDBC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	PDBC
Return
Measure	HYMB	PDBC
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+55.6%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	PDBC
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	PDBC
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	No index, actively managed
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	PDBC
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.59%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$8.0bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	PDBC
Holdings in common	0%

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

What they share

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

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 PDBC

POWERSHARES CAYMAN FUND 19.37%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF PDBC Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer State Street Invesco

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

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +55.6%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +54.6% (DBC)

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG +1.0 pts vs DBC

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.59%

Holdings 2105 1

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.8bn $8.0bn

HYMB and PDBC 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.

PDBC

PDBC is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +55.6% with distributions reinvested, against +54.6% for its benchmark, the DBIQ Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Index Excess Return. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.59% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or PDBC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and PDBC +55.6%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or PDBC?: HYMB is cheaper, by 0.24 percentage points a year. That is about $24 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 ↗

PDBC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PDBC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for PDBC ↗

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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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