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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and NOBL +15.5%.

Which is cheaper, DVY or NOBL?

NOBL 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 DVY and NOBL overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 98% of NOBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

DVY vs NOBL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, DVY returned +17.1% to NOBL's +15.5%; 16% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $23.4bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Select Dividend ETF, and $11.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF.

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At a glance

+17.1%

DVY total return, 1 year

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

0.38%

DVY expense ratio

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

NOBL costs 0.03 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.6 points; DVY is 2.0 times larger.

DVY vs NOBL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	NOBL
Return
Measure	DVY	NOBL
Total return, 1 year	+17.1%	+15.5%
Benchmark
Measure	DVY	NOBL
What it tracks	Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index
Cost and size
Measure	DVY	NOBL
Expense ratio	0.38%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$23.4bn	$11.7bn
Holdings
Measure	DVY	NOBL
Holdings in common	16%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	19.7%	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

DVY NOBL

Return

Total return edge Tie +270.0% +264.8%

Annualized edge Tie +10.5% +10.4%

Price return edge NOBL +134.8% +179.1%

Risk

Volatility edge NOBL (slight) 16.7% 15.4%

Max drawdown edge NOBL −38.1% −31.7%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge NOBL (slight) 0.57 0.59

Sortino edge NOBL (slight) 0.80 0.84

Calmar edge NOBL 0.28 0.33

Reading

DVY and NOBL returned about the same: +270.0% and +264.8%. NOBL swung slightly less: 15.4% to 16.7%. NOBL fell less at its worst: −31.7% to −38.1%.

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Risk and return: DVY vs NOBL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	DVY	NOBL	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+270.0%	+264.8%	Tie	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.5%	+10.4%	Tie	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+134.8%	+179.1%	NOBL	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	16.7%	15.4%	NOBL (slight)	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	11.8%	10.8%	NOBL (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−38.1%	−31.7%	NOBL	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.57	0.59	NOBL (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.80	0.84	NOBL (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.28	0.33	NOBL	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

16%

By the books each fund has filed, DVY and NOBL hold 16% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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16% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first DVY NOBL

CHEVRON 1.59% 1.66%

TARGET CORP 1.61% 1.50%

KIMBERLY CLARK 1.65% 1.40%

GENUINE PARTS 1.28% 1.42%

EVERSOURCE ENERGY 1.30% 1.27%

T ROWE PRICE GROUP 2.00% 1.25%

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 1.20% 1.25%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.13% 1.63%

COCA-COLA 1.04% 1.55%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 0.88% 1.70%

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON 0.85% 1.35%

CINCINNATI FINANCIAL 0.84% 1.42%

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Only in DVY

HP INC 2.54%

PFIZER 2.42%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 2.27%

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 2.12%

ONEOK 1.87%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 1.65%

BEST BUY 1.56%

APA 1.43%

Only in NOBL

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.81%

BECTON DICKINSON AND CO 1.78%

FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC 1.77%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.69%

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 1.67%

ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY-CL A 1.64%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.61%

NUCOR CORP 1.61%

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Side by side

DVY iShares Select Dividend ETF NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares ProShares

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

Total return, 1 year +17.1% +15.5%

Expense ratio 0.38% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 80.1% 98.3%

Holdings 101 69

Net assets, DVY as of Oct 27, 2026 and NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 $23.4bn $11.6bn

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

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DVY and NOBL are built for the same job. How do they differ in cost, holdings and results?

What each follows. DVY follows Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index and NOBL follows S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index.
Holdings in common. 16% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
One-year total return (similar). Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 DVY returned +17.1% and NOBL +15.5% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 1.6 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

DVY

DVY tracks an index of US dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.1% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.38% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 80% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 101 positions, with the top ten at 19.7%.

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, DVY or NOBL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, DVY returned +17.1% and NOBL +15.5%.
Which is cheaper, DVY or NOBL?: NOBL 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 DVY and NOBL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 80% of DVY and 98% of NOBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

DVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

DVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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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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