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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and NOBL +15.5%.

Which is cheaper, AVEM or NOBL?

AVEM is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 98% of NOBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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AVEM vs NOBL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, AVEM returned +17.9% to NOBL's +15.5%; 0% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $27.3bn on Oct 27, 2026 for Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF, and $11.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF.

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At a glance

+17.9%

AVEM total return, 1 year

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

0.33%

AVEM expense ratio

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

AVEM costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points; AVEM is 2.3 times larger.

AVEM vs NOBL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	AVEM	NOBL
Return
Measure	AVEM	NOBL
Total return, 1 year	+17.9%	+15.5%
Drawdown
Measure	AVEM	NOBL
Below its high	10.2%, high on Jun 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	AVEM	NOBL
What it tracks	No index, actively managed	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index
Cost and size
Measure	AVEM	NOBL
Expense ratio	0.33%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$27.3bn	$11.7bn
Holdings
Measure	AVEM	NOBL
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	28.7%	17.0%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, AVEM 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 AVEM NOBL

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Only in AVEM

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR SP ADR ADR 6.82%

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFAC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 6.09%

SAMSUNG ELECTR GDR REG S GDR 5.35%

SK HYNIX INC COMMON STOCK KRW5000.0 4.89%

TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD COMMON STOCK HKD.00002 1.49%

CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK H COMMON STOCK CNY1.0 1.02%

MEDIATEK INC COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.96%

HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY COMMON STOCK TWD10.0 0.73%

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

AVEM Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer Avantis ProShares

What it is Actively managed Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats

Total return, 1 year +17.9% +15.5%

Expense ratio 0.33% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 98.3%

Holdings 4088 69

Net assets, AVEM as of Oct 27, 2026 and NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 $27.3bn $11.6bn

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

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About each fund

AVEM

AVEM is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.9% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.33% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 4,088 positions, with the top ten at 28.7%. It sat 10.2% below its high of Jun 22, 2026 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, AVEM or NOBL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, AVEM returned +17.9% and NOBL +15.5%.
Which is cheaper, AVEM or NOBL?: AVEM is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do AVEM and NOBL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of AVEM and 98% of NOBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

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Sources and dates

AVEM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

AVEM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Avantis website ↗

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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