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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and XLV +25.6%.

Which is cheaper, HYMB or XLV?

XLV 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 XLV: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, HYMB returned −1.0% to XLV's +25.6%; 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 $47.0bn for State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

−1.0%

HYMB total return, 1 year

+25.6%

XLV total return, 1 year

0.35%

HYMB expense ratio

0.08%

XLV expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLV costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 26.6 points; XLV is 12.4 times larger.

HYMB vs XLV: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	HYMB	XLV
Return
Measure	HYMB	XLV
Total return, 1 year	−1.0%	+25.6%
Drawdown
Measure	HYMB	XLV
Below its high	4.7%, high on Jul 2, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	HYMB	XLV
What it tracks	ICE US Select High Yield Crossover Municipal Index	Health Care Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	HYMB	XLV
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.8bn	$47.0bn
Holdings
Measure	HYMB	XLV
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		100%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		60.6%

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

What they share

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

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0% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first HYMB XLV

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 XLV

ELI LILLY + CO 15.77%

JOHNSON + JOHNSON 9.96%

ABBVIE INC 7.78%

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC 5.66%

MERCK + CO. INC. 5.38%

THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC 3.94%

AMGEN INC 3.72%

GILEAD SCIENCES INC 3.03%

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Side by side

HYMB State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF XLV State Street Health Care 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 Health care

Total return, 1 year −1.0% +25.6%

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 62

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.8bn $47.0bn

HYMB and XLV 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.

XLV

XLV tracks an index of Health care. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +25.6% 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 62 positions, with the top ten at 60.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, HYMB or XLV?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, HYMB returned −1.0% and XLV +25.6%.
Which is cheaper, HYMB or XLV?: XLV 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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HYMB on its own →XLV on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →HYMB dividend history →HYMB holdings →XLV dividend history →XLV holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

HYMB filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

HYMB prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

State Street website ↗

XLV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLV 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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