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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and VO +12.8%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or VO?

VO 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.

Across categories

HYMB vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to VO's +12.8%; 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 $103.4bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+12.8%

VO total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.03%

VO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VO costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.8 points; VO is far larger, $103.4bn against $3.7bn.

HYMB vs VO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	VO
Return
Measure	HYMB	VO
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+12.8%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	VO
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	3.1%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	VO
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	Morningstar US Mid Cap Index (formerly CRSP US Mid Cap Index)
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	VO
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$103.4bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	VO
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		91%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		9.7%

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 VO 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 VO

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 VO

Cloudflare Inc 1.11%

Valero Energy Corp 1.10%

Marathon Petroleum Corp 1.10%

Phillips 66 1.01%

Quanta Services Inc 0.95%

Vertiv Holdings Co 0.92%

Datadog Inc 0.91%

Howmet Aerospace Inc 0.89%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF VO Vanguard Morningstar Mid-Cap 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 Mid-Cap

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +12.8%

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% 0.03%

Holdings 2105 273

Net assets, HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 and VO as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.8bn $103.4bn

HYMB and VO 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.

VO tracks an index of Mid-Cap. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.8% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 91% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 273 positions, with the top ten at 9.7%. It sat 3.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or VO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and VO +12.8%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or VO?: VO 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 ↗

VO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VO ↗

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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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