Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or NOBL?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and NOBL +15.5%.

Which is cheaper, ACWI or NOBL?

ACWI is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do ACWI and NOBL overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 98% of NOBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

ACWI vs NOBL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, ACWI returned +13.4% to NOBL's +15.5%; 7% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $33.0bn for iShares MSCI ACWI ETF and $11.6bn for ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF.

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At a glance

+13.4%

ACWI total return, 1 year

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

0.32%

ACWI expense ratio

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

ACWI costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.1 points; ACWI is 2.8 times larger.

ACWI vs NOBL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	NOBL
Return
Measure	ACWI	NOBL
Total return, 1 year	+13.4%	+15.5%
Benchmark
Measure	ACWI	NOBL
What it tracks	MSCI ACWI	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index
Cost and size
Measure	ACWI	NOBL
Expense ratio	0.32%	0.35%
Net assets	$33.0bn	$11.6bn
Holdings
Measure	ACWI	NOBL
Holdings in common	7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	24.9%	17.0%

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

Risk and return

Oct 18, 2013 to Oct 23, 2026 · 679 weekly returns

ACWI NOBL

Return

Total return edge Tie +260.4% +264.8%

Annualized edge Tie +10.3% +10.4%

Price return edge Tie +179.9% +179.1%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 15.7% 15.4%

Max drawdown edge Tie −32.1% −31.7%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge NOBL (slight) 0.58 0.59

Sortino edge NOBL (slight) 0.83 0.84

Calmar edge NOBL (slight) 0.32 0.33

Reading

ACWI and NOBL returned about the same: +260.4% and +264.8%. ACWI and NOBL swung about the same: 15.7% and 15.4%. ACWI and NOBL fell about the same at their worst: −32.1% and −31.7%.

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Risk and return: ACWI vs NOBL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	ACWI	NOBL	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+260.4%	+264.8%	Tie	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.3%	+10.4%	Tie	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+179.9%	+179.1%	Tie	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.7%	15.4%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.0%	10.8%	Tie	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−32.1%	−31.7%	Tie	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.58	0.59	NOBL (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.83	0.84	NOBL (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.32	0.33	NOBL (slight)	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 679 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, ACWI and NOBL hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first ACWI NOBL

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 0.73% 1.63%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 0.63% 1.47%

WALMART 0.51% 1.53%

ABBVIE 0.49% 1.58%

CHEVRON 0.41% 1.66%

PROCTER & GAMBLE 0.36% 1.50%

COCA-COLA 0.34% 1.55%

ROCHE PS PAR AG 0.33% 1.81%

CATERPILLAR INC 0.32% 1.12%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 0.23% 1.70%

LINDE PLC 0.23% 1.40%

PEPSICO 0.18% 1.38%

Only in one fund ↓

Only in ACWI

APPLE 4.97%

NVIDIA 4.89%

MICROSOFT 3.66%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.39%

ALPHABET CLASS A 1.83%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING 1.77%

BROADCOM INC 1.51%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.44%

Only in NOBL

FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC 1.77%

ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY-CL A 1.64%

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC 1.56%

BROWN-FORMAN CORP-CLASS B 1.51%

JM SMUCKER CO 1.51%

SMITH (A.O.) CORP 1.46%

PENTAIR PLC 1.38%

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC 1.35%

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Side by side

ACWI iShares MSCI ACWI ETF NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares ProShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI ACWI Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats

Total return, 1 year +13.4% +15.5%

Expense ratio 0.32% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 60.9% 98.3%

Holdings 2197 69

Net assets $33.0bn $11.6bn

ACWI and NOBL on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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ACWI and NOBL do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. ACWI follows MSCI ACWI and NOBL follows S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index.
Holdings in common. 7% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 ACWI returned +13.4% and NOBL +15.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 2.1 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

ACWI

ACWI tracks the MSCI ACWI. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.32% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 61% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,197 positions, with the top ten at 24.9%.

NOBL

NOBL tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% 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 69 positions, with the top ten at 17.0%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, ACWI or NOBL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, ACWI returned +13.4% and NOBL +15.5%.
Which is cheaper, ACWI or NOBL?: ACWI is cheaper, by 0.03 percentage points a year. That is about $3 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do ACWI and NOBL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 61% of ACWI and 98% of NOBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

ACWI filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

ACWI prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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NOBL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

NOBL 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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