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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and VTI +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or VTI?

VTI 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 VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to VTI's +13.5%; 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 $689.2bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VTI total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.03%

VTI expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTI costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 14.5 points; VTI is far larger, $689.2bn against $3.7bn.

HYMB vs VTI: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	VTI
Return
Measure	HYMB	VTI
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	VTI
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	VTI
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	Morningstar US Total Market Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	VTI
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.7bn	$689.2bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	VTI
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		88%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		34.7%

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 VTI 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 VTI

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 VTI

NVIDIA Corp 7.14%

Apple Inc 6.63%

Microsoft Corp 5.20%

Amazon.com Inc 3.30%

Alphabet Inc 2.76%

Broadcom Inc 2.28%

Meta Platforms Inc 2.18%

Alphabet Inc 2.18%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market 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 total market

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +13.5%

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 3521

Net assets, HYMB as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTI as of Sep 30, 2026 $3.8bn $689.2bn

HYMB and VTI 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.

VTI

VTI tracks an index of US total market. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 88% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3,521 positions, with the top ten at 34.7%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or VTI?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and VTI +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or VTI?: VTI 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 ↗

VTI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTI ↗

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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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