Bond ETFs

HYMB:what it yields, how rates move it and what it holds

State Street SPDR Nuveen ICE High Yield Municipal Bond ETF. Portfolio as of June 30, 2026, from the fund's SEC filing (Form N-PORT).

High-yield municipal. State and city bonds, a large part of them below investment grade.

Yield to maturity (YTM)

5.22%

before the fund's costs

As of June 30, 2026, before the fund's costs.

If rates rise 1 pointestimated from its duration, 6.6 years
-6.6%
Investment gradeof the credit risk, BBB or better
29%
Size1,871 positions
$3.1B

In a few words

HYMB holds 1,871 positions. 98% of the portfolio is bonds of US states and cities. On June 30, 2026, the bonds it holds had a yield to maturity (YTM) of 5.22% a year, before the fund's costs. Its duration is 6.6 years: if rates rise by 1 percentage point, its price falls about 6.6%. In 2022, when rates rose sharply, its total return was -15.3%.

Every ETF in High-yield municipal

If rates change

A rough estimate, if rates moved at once and equally at every maturity.

6.6 years duration5.22% yield to maturity
+1 point
▲ break-even

Price, at once

-6.6%

Over 12 months, with the yield

-1.4%

Ready-made moves

Change in ratesAt once12 months
+6.6%+11.9%
+3.3%+8.5%
0.0%+5.2%
-3.3%+1.9%
-6.6%-1.4%
-13.3%-8.1%

At a yield of 5.22% and a duration of 6.6 years, a rise in rates of about 0.79 points within the year would eat the whole year's yield.

Past returns

The ETF's total return, price change plus distributions, as the fund reports it to the SEC.

July 2019 – June 2026

Last 12 months

+7.6%

3 years, average per year

+4.9%

Worst 12 months

-18.2%

Largest fall from a peak

-19.7%

100 at the start 114.3 at the end, distributions reinvested

The total return in each full calendar year. The current year is added once it closes.

  • 2020: +3.2%
  • 2021: +5.4%
  • 2022: -15.3%
  • 2023: +7.4%
  • 2024: +5.6%
  • 2025: +2.1%

What it holds

Portfolio as of June 30, 2026: who issued the bonds, when they mature and the largest issuers.

1,871 positions662 issuers

Largest issuers

The 10 largest are 23.9% of the fund.

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp Sales Tax Revenue5.70%
Public Finance Authority3.57%
Chicago Board of Education2.86%
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico2.29%
CSCDA Community Improvement Authority2.10%
California Statewide Communities Development Authority1.57%
California Municipal Finance Authority1.53%
Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority1.43%
Washington State Housing Finance Commission1.42%
Massachusetts Development Finance Agency1.40%

When they mature

Up to 1 year0.2%
1 to 3 years1.0%
3 to 5 years2.0%
5 to 10 years11.0%
10 to 20 years32.1%
Over 20 years51.6%

Details

Issuer
States and cities, 98.3%
Positions
1,871
Average coupon
4.80%
Floating rate
5.4%
In other currencies
0.0%
Mortgage-backed
0.0%
In default
0.33%
Hard to value
0.01%
Cash and cash funds
0.9%

Maturities as stated on the bonds. Mortgage bonds, many corporate bonds and city bonds can be repaid early, so in practice they mature sooner.

Similar bond ETFs

Same kind as HYMB, nearest in rate sensitivity.

  • HYDVanEck High Yield Muni ETF
    If rates +1%-6.1%

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How much would HYMB fall if rates rose?

With a duration of 6.6 years, an immediate one-point rise in rates would take about 6.6% off its price. An equal fall would add about the same.

What is HYMB's yield?

On June 30, 2026, according to its filing, the bonds it holds had a yield to maturity (YTM) of 5.22% a year, before the fund's costs. That is not the distribution the ETF pays, and it moves every day with prices.

How did HYMB do in 2022?

In 2022 HYMB returned -15.3% in total, as the fund reports it.

Is this HYMB's dividend yield?

No. The yield to maturity shown here is what the bonds the fund holds would earn a year if held to maturity, at the prices on the filing date. The dividend yield measures what the ETF paid over the last 12 months against its price, and it lags, because it depends on the coupons of bonds bought earlier. The SEC yield the issuer publishes is a standardised 30-day figure after costs, and usually lands close to the yield to maturity, a little below. When rates have risen, the dividend yield is usually lower than the other two.

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