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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and SPHQ +14.1%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or SPHQ?

SPHQ is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 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 SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to SPHQ's +14.1%; 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 $18.7bn for Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+14.1%

SPHQ total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.15%

SPHQ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPHQ costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 15.1 points; SPHQ is 4.9 times larger.

HYMB vs SPHQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	SPHQ
Return
Measure	HYMB	SPHQ
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+14.1%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	SPHQ
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	6.4%, high on Jun 30, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	SPHQ
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	S&P 500 Quality Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	SPHQ
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.15%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$18.7bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	SPHQ
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		43.3%

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

What they share

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

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 SPHQ

Mastercard Inc 6.25%

Visa Inc 6.23%

Apple Inc 5.96%

Costco Wholesale Corp 4.24%

GE Vernova Inc 3.81%

Cisco Systems Inc 3.65%

General Electric Co 3.33%

Lam Research Corp 3.32%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF SPHQ Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Invesco

What it is Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond Tracks the S&P 500 Quality

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +14.1%

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

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG +0.4 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.15%

Holdings 2105 102

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.8bn $18.7bn

HYMB and SPHQ 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.

SPHQ

SPHQ tracks the S&P 500 Quality. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 102 positions, with the top ten at 43.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Jun 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or SPHQ?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and SPHQ +14.1%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or SPHQ?: SPHQ is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 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 ↗

SPHQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

SPHQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for SPHQ ↗

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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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