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HYMB vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to SPYM's +13.7%; 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 $185.0bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF.

HYMB on its own →SPYM on its own →
At a glance
−1.0%
HYMB total return, 1 year
+13.7%
SPYM total return, 1 year
0.35%
HYMB expense ratio
0.02%
SPYM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYM costs 0.33 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.7 points; SPYM is far larger, $185.0bn against $3.8bn.

HYMB vs SPYM: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureHYMBSPYM
Return
Total return, 1 year−1.0%+13.7%
Drawdown
Below its high4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal IndexS&P 500 Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%0.02%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$3.8bn$185.0bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund38.1%

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and SPYM hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HYMB SPYM
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 SPYM
NVIDIA CORP 7.92%
APPLE INC 7.61%
MICROSOFT CORP 5.92%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.73%
ALPHABET INC CL A 2.83%
BROADCOM INC 2.44%
ALPHABET INC CL C 2.26%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 2.05%
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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF
Issuer State Street State Street
What it is Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond Tracks the S&P 500
Total return, 1 year −1.0% +13.7%
Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +13.7% (IVV)
Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG 0.0 pts vs IVV
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.02%
Holdings 2105 506
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.8bn $185.0bn
Former ticker none SPLG

HYMB and SPYM 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.

SPYM

SPYM tracks the S&P 500. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.7% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.02% 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 506 positions, with the top ten at 38.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or SPYM?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and SPYM +13.7%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or SPYM?
SPYM is cheaper, by 0.33 percentage points a year. That is about $33 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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HYMB on its own →SPYM on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →HYMB dividend history →HYMB holdings →SPYM dividend history →SPYM holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
HYMB and SPYM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
HYMB and SPYM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street website ↗

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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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