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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and SPHQ returned +17.4%, so SPHQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or SPHQ?

HYMB charges 0.35% a year and SPHQ charges 0.15%, so SPHQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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HYMB vs SPHQ: how they differ

HYMB and SPHQ hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and SPHQ returned more over the year.

State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and SPHQ hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in HYMB	Only in SPHQ
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 2.53%	Mastercard Inc 5.78%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 1.54%	Visa Inc 5.68%
Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Aut 1.27%	Apple Inc 5.60%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.64%	Lam Research Corp 4.10%
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sal 0.62%	Netflix Inc 4.00%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico 0.55%	GE Vernova Inc 3.92%
New York Liberty Development Corp 0.47%	Costco Wholesale Corp 3.85%
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority 0.43%	General Electric Co 3.62%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

HYMB and SPHQ on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	HYMB State Street(R) SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF	SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	State Street	Invesco
What it is	SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond	S&P 500 Quality
Total return, 1 year	+1.7%	+17.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−15.8 pts	−0.1 pts
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.15%
Holdings	1867	100

HYMB in plain words

HYMB is a bond fund tracking the SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. It sat 3.8% below its high of Jul 2, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

SPHQ in plain words

SPHQ is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +17.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings filed for Sep 10, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 100 positions, with the top ten at 43.4%. It sat 6.1% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or SPHQ?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned +1.7% and SPHQ returned +17.4%, so SPHQ returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or SPHQ?: HYMB charges 0.35% a year and SPHQ charges 0.15%, so SPHQ is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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