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Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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NOBL vs USHY: how they differ

NOBL and USHY hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and NOBL returned more over the year.

ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF and iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, NOBL and USHY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in NOBLOnly in USHY
Nucor Corp. 1.77%1261229 BC LTD 0.48%
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 1.73%ECHOSTAR CORP 0.42%
International Business Machines Corp. 1.71%QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC 0.29%
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 1.68%SV RNO PROPERTY OWNER 1 0.28%
Franklin Resources, Inc. 1.67%CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC 0.27%
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 1.62%WULF COMPUTE LLC 0.26%
Caterpillar, Inc. 1.61%ASURION LLC/ASURION CO 0.26%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 1.61%HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD 0.26%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

NOBL and USHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
NOBL
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF
USHY
iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF
Where it sitsCore index fundCore index fund
IssuerProSharesiShares
What it isS&P 500 Dividend AristocratsBroad USD High Yield Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year+9.4%+3.3%
S&P 500 over the same days+17.5%+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500−8.1 pts−14.2 pts
Expense ratio0.35%0.08%
Holdings691894

NOBL in plain words

NOBL is an index equity fund tracking the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +9.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings filed for May 31, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 69 positions, with the top ten at 16.6%. It sat 4.8% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

USHY in plain words

USHY is a bond fund tracking the Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +3.3% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or USHY?
In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +9.4% and USHY returned +3.3%, so NOBL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, NOBL or USHY?
NOBL charges 0.35% a year and USHY charges 0.08%, so USHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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NOBL against USHY, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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