Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.
NOBL vs VXF: how they differ
NOBL and VXF hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and VXF returned more over the year.
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF and Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund.
What they hold in common
By the books each fund has filed, NOBL and VXF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.
| Only in NOBL | Only in VXF |
|---|---|
| Nucor Corp. 1.77% | Space Exploration Technologies Corp 1.19% |
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 1.73% | Snowflake Inc 1.03% |
| International Business Machines Corp. 1.71% | Bloom Energy Corp 0.93% |
| Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 1.68% | Cloudflare Inc 0.92% |
| Franklin Resources, Inc. 1.67% | Astera Labs Inc 0.76% |
| Colgate-Palmolive Co. 1.62% | Rocket Lab Corp 0.61% |
| Caterpillar, Inc. 1.61% | Cheniere Energy Inc 0.59% |
| Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 1.61% | Ferguson Enterprises Inc 0.54% |
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 Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.
| NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF | VXF Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it sits | Core index fund | Core index fund |
| Issuer | ProShares | Vanguard |
| What it is | S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats | Extended Market |
| Total return, 1 year | +9.4% | +14.1% |
| S&P 500 over the same days | +17.5% | +17.5% |
| Gap to the S&P 500 | −8.1 pts | −3.4 pts |
| Expense ratio | 0.35% | 0.05% |
| Already in the S&P 500 | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Holdings | 69 | 3365 |
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.
VXF in plain words
VXF is an index equity fund tracking the Extended Market. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +14.1% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 3365 positions, with the top ten at 7.6%. It sat 5.1% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.
Questions people ask
- Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or VXF?
- In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +9.4% and VXF returned +14.1%, so VXF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
- Which is cheaper, NOBL or VXF?
- NOBL charges 0.35% a year and VXF charges 0.05%, so VXF is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
- How much do NOBL and VXF overlap with the S&P 500?
- By their latest filed holdings, 100% of NOBL and 0% of VXF by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 0% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
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