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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and RDVY +17.6%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or RDVY?

HYMB is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 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 RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to RDVY's +17.6%; 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 $25.4bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+17.6%

RDVY total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.47%

RDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HYMB costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.6 points; RDVY is 6.7 times larger.

HYMB vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	RDVY
Return
Measure	HYMB	RDVY
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+17.6%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	RDVY
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	5.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	RDVY
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	Nasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	RDVY
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$25.4bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	RDVY
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		94%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		22.1%

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

What they share

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

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 RDVY

The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.42%

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.32%

Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.26%

Microsoft Corporation 2.22%

Accenture plc 2.19%

The Allstate Corporation 2.17%

The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 2.14%

Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street First Trust

What it is Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +17.6%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +13.7% (VOO)

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG +3.9 pts vs VOO

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.47%

Holdings 2105 72

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.8bn $25.4bn

HYMB and RDVY 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.

RDVY

RDVY tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% 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 72 positions, with the top ten at 22.1%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or RDVY?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and RDVY +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or RDVY?: HYMB is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. That is about $12 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Where to next

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

Sources and dates

HYMB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HYMB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

RDVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

RDVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

First Trust page for RDVY ↗

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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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