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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and VEA +17.1%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or VEA?

VEA is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 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 VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to VEA's +17.1%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF, and $231.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+17.1%

VEA total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.03%

VEA expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VEA costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.1 points; VEA is far larger, $231.6bn against $3.7bn.

HYMB vs VEA: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	VEA
Return
Measure	HYMB	VEA
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+17.1%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	VEA
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	4.4%, high on Aug 25, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	VEA
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	FTSE Developed All Cap ex US Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	VEA
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$231.6bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	VEA
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		13.6%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and VEA hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HYMB VEA

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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 VEA

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 2.81%

SK hynix Inc 2.30%

ASML Holding NV 2.14%

SLBBH1142 1.07%

HSBC Holdings PLC 1.05%

Roche Holding AG 0.91%

Shell PLC 0.86%

Royal Bank of Canada 0.85%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF VEA Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond Tracks an index of Developed markets ex US

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +17.1%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG not measured

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.03%

Holdings 2105 3906

Net assets, HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 and VEA as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.8bn $231.6bn

HYMB and VEA 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.

VEA

VEA tracks an index of Developed markets ex US. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,906 positions, with the top ten at 13.6%. It sat 4.4% below its high of Aug 25, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or VEA?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and VEA +17.1%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or VEA?: VEA is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 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 ↗

VEA filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VEA prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VEA ↗

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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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