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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and VNQ +4.8%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or VNQ?

VNQ is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 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 VNQ: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to VNQ's +4.8%; 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 $35.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Real Estate ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+4.8%

VNQ total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.13%

VNQ expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VNQ costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 5.8 points; VNQ is 9.7 times larger.

HYMB vs VNQ: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	VNQ
Return
Measure	HYMB	VNQ
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+4.8%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	VNQ
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	8.3%, high on Jul 28, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	VNQ
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	MSCI US Investable Market Real Estate 25/50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	VNQ
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.13%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$35.9bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	VNQ
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		63%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		55.8%

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 VNQ 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 VNQ

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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 VNQ

Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund 14.51%

Welltower Inc 9.12%

Prologis Inc 6.86%

Equinix Inc 5.65%

American Tower Corp 4.32%

Simon Property Group Inc 3.69%

Digital Realty Trust Inc 3.68%

Realty Income Corp 2.85%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF VNQ Vanguard Real Estate 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 US real estate

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +4.8%

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% 0.13%

Holdings 2105 141

Net assets, HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 and VNQ as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.8bn $35.9bn

HYMB and VNQ 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.

VNQ

VNQ tracks an index of US real estate. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +4.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.13% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 63% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 141 positions, with the top ten at 55.8%. It sat 8.3% below its high of Jul 28, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or VNQ?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and VNQ +4.8%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or VNQ?: VNQ is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 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 ↗

VNQ filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VNQ prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VNQ ↗

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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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