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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and XLC −10.4%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or XLC?

XLC is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HYMB vs XLC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to XLC's −10.4%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $3.8bn for State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF and $22.1bn for State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

−10.4%

XLC total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.08%

XLC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLC costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.4 points; XLC is 5.8 times larger.

HYMB vs XLC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	XLC
Return
Measure	HYMB	XLC
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	−10.4%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	XLC
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026	13.3%, high on Jan 30, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	XLC
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	Communication Services Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	XLC
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$22.1bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	XLC
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		75.3%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HYMB XLC

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 XLC

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 21.45%

ALPHABET INC CL A 12.27%

ALPHABET INC CL C 9.82%

WALT DISNEY CO 5.33%

TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWRE 4.80%

COMCAST CORP CLASS A 4.48%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 4.45%

APPLOVIN CORP CLASS A 4.34%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF XLC State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street State Street

What it is Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond Tracks an index of Communication services

Total return, 1 year −1.0% −10.4%

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% 0.08%

Holdings 2105 23

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.8bn $22.1bn

HYMB and XLC 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.

XLC

XLC tracks an index of Communication services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 23 positions, with the top ten at 75.3%. It sat 13.3% below its high of Jan 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or XLC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and XLC −10.4%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or XLC?: XLC is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 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 ↗

XLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLC prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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