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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and NOBL +15.5%.

Which is cheaper, AGG or NOBL?

AGG is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

AGG vs NOBL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AGG returned −1.4% to NOBL's +15.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $139.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF, and $11.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF.

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At a glance

−1.4%

AGG total return, 1 year

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

0.03%

AGG expense ratio

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AGG costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.9 points; AGG is 11.9 times larger.

AGG vs NOBL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AGG	NOBL
Return
Measure	AGG	NOBL
Total return, 1 year	−1.4%	+15.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AGG	NOBL
Below its high	3.4%, high on Aug 4, 2020
Benchmark
Measure	AGG	NOBL
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index
Cost and size
Measure	AGG	NOBL
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$139.4bn	$11.7bn
Holdings
Measure	AGG	NOBL
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		98%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		17.0%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first AGG NOBL

Only in one fund ↓

Only in AGG

BLACKROCK CASH CL INST SL AGENCY 3.02%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.40%

TREASURY NOTE 0.39%

TREASURY NOTE 0.38%

Only in NOBL

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.81%

BECTON DICKINSON AND CO 1.78%

FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC 1.77%

INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 1.70%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.69%

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 1.67%

CHEVRON CORP 1.66%

ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY-CL A 1.64%

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Side by side

AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares ProShares

What it is Tracks an index of US aggregate bonds Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats

Total return, 1 year −1.4% +15.5%

Its benchmark over the same days −1.3% (SCHZ) not measured

Gap to its benchmark −0.1 pts vs SCHZ not measured

Expense ratio 0.03% 0.35%

Holdings 13469 69

Net assets, AGG as of Oct 27, 2026 and NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 $139.4bn $11.6bn

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

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About each fund

AGG

AGG tracks an index of US aggregate bonds. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.4% with distributions reinvested, against −1.3% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

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, AGG or NOBL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AGG returned −1.4% and NOBL +15.5%.
Which is cheaper, AGG or NOBL?: AGG is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

AGG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AGG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for AGG ↗

NOBL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

NOBL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ProShares page for NOBL ↗

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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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