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HYMB vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to VIG's +13.9%; 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 $109.1bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Div Appreciation ETF.

HYMB on its own →VIG on its own →
At a glance
−1.0%
HYMB total return, 1 year
+13.9%
VIG total return, 1 year
0.35%
HYMB expense ratio
0.04%
VIG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VIG costs 0.31 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.9 points; VIG is far larger, $109.1bn against $3.7bn.

HYMB vs VIG: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureHYMBVIG
Return
Total return, 1 year−1.0%+13.9%
Drawdown
Below its high4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal IndexS&P U.S. Dividend Growers Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%0.04%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$3.7bn$109.1bn
Holdings
Holdings in common0%
In the S&P 500, by weight93%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund34.5%

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

What they share

0%

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and VIG 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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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HYMB VIG
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 VIG
Microsoft Corp 4.90%
Apple Inc 4.88%
Broadcom Inc 4.30%
Eli Lilly & Co 4.10%
JPMorgan Chase & Co 3.89%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corp 2.96%
Johnson & Johnson 2.83%
Visa Inc 2.53%
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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF VIG Vanguard Div Appreciation 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 Dividend growth
Total return, 1 year −1.0% +13.9%
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% 0.04%
Holdings 2105 335
Net assets, HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 and VIG as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.8bn $109.1bn

HYMB and VIG 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.

VIG

VIG tracks an index of Dividend growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 93% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 335 positions, with the top ten at 34.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or VIG?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and VIG +13.9%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or VIG?
VIG is cheaper, by 0.31 percentage points a year. That is about $31 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 ↗
VIG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VIG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VIG ↗

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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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