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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and SLV +14.9%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or SLV?

HYMB is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HYMB vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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HYMB is a bond index fund and SLV a commodity fund, and over the year to Oct 28, 2026, SLV returned +14.9% against −1.0%.

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Net assets: $3.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF, and $26.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares Silver Trust.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+14.9%

SLV total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.50%

SLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

HYMB costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.9 points; SLV is 7.0 times larger.

HYMB vs SLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	SLV
Return
Measure	HYMB	SLV
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+14.9%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	SLV
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	53.5%, high on Jan 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	SLV
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	Silver
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	SLV
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.50%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$26.5bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	SLV
Holdings in common	not published

Method

Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF SLV iShares Silver Trust

Where it sits Bond ETF Commodity ETF

Issuer State Street iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond Holds silver

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +14.9%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +15.0% (SIVR)

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG −0.1 pts vs SIVR

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.50%

Holdings 2105 not counted

Net assets, HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 and SLV as of Oct 28, 2026 $3.8bn $26.9bn

HYMB and SLV 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.

SLV

Its expense ratio is 0.50% a year, for the three months to Jun 30, 2026, as its 10-Q states.

SLV holds silver. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.9% with distributions reinvested, against +15.0% for its benchmark, the price of silver. It sat 53.5% below its high of Jan 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or SLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and SLV +14.9%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or SLV?: HYMB is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's own filings.

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Sources and dates

HYMB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HYMB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

iShares page for SLV ↗

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