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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and XLG +6.4%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or XLG?

XLG is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

HYMB vs XLG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to XLG's +6.4%; 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 $11.9bn for Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+6.4%

XLG total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.20%

XLG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLG costs 0.15 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 7.4 points; XLG is 3.1 times larger.

HYMB vs XLG: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	XLG
Return
Measure	HYMB	XLG
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+6.4%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	XLG
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	XLG
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	S&P 500 Top 50 Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	XLG
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.20%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$11.9bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	XLG
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		98%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		60.3%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, HYMB and XLG 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 XLG

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 XLG

NVIDIA Corp 12.54%

Apple Inc 12.04%

Microsoft Corp 9.38%

Amazon.com Inc 5.91%

Alphabet Inc 4.47%

Broadcom Inc 3.87%

Alphabet Inc 3.58%

Meta Platforms Inc 3.25%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF XLG Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer State Street Invesco

What it is Tracks an index of Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond Tracks the S&P 500 top 50

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +6.4%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.4% (AGG) +13.7% (IVV)

Gap to its benchmark +0.4 pts vs AGG −7.3 pts vs IVV

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.20%

Holdings 2105 53

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.8bn $11.9bn

HYMB and XLG 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.

XLG

XLG tracks the S&P 500 top 50. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +6.4% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.20% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 98% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 53 positions, with the top ten at 60.3%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or XLG?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and XLG +6.4%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or XLG?: XLG is cheaper, by 0.15 percentage points a year. That is about $15 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 ↗

XLG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Invesco page for XLG ↗

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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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