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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and NOBL +9.8%.

Which is cheaper, FTXR or NOBL?

NOBL is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $25. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 100% of NOBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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FTXR vs NOBL: how they differ

FTXR and NOBL hold 3% of their weight in the same names, and FTXR returned +21.2% over the year. First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF and ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF.

NOBL costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 11.4 points; NOBL is 11.2 times larger.

	FTXR	NOBL
Expense ratio	0.60%	0.35%
Net assets	$999m	$11.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+21.2%	+9.8%
Holdings in common	3%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	58.3%	16.7%
Below its high	9.0%, high on Aug 4, 2026	6.3%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

+21.2%

FTXR total return, 1 year

+9.8%

NOBL total return, 1 year

0.60%

FTXR expense ratio

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, FTXR and NOBL hold 3% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Oct 9, 2026.

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half

3% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding FTXR NOBL

Genuine Parts Company 1.31% 1.56%

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 1.13% 1.61%

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. 0.71% 1.02%

Only in FTXR

Tesla, Inc. 8.55%

General Motors Company 7.88%

Union Pacific Corporation 7.60%

Ford Motor Company 7.17%

FedEx Corporation 6.73%

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 4.32%

United Rentals, Inc. 4.21%

United Airlines Holdings, Inc. 4.08%

Only in NOBL

BECTON DICKINSON AND CO 1.78%

FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC 1.73%

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 1.71%

NORDSON CORP 1.67%

FASTENAL CO 1.66%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.65%

TARGET CORP 1.65%

CHEVRON CORP 1.63%

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On the same fields

FTXR

First Trust Nasdaq Transportation ETF

NOBL

ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer First Trust ProShares

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

Total return, 1 year +21.2% +9.8%

S&P 500 over the same days +17.3% +17.3%

Gap to the S&P 500 +4.0 pts −7.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.60% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 72.8% 99.7%

Holdings 42 69

Net assets $999m $11.2bn

FTXR and NOBL on the fields both publish, as of Oct 9, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

FTXR in plain words

FTXR tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +21.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.60% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 73% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 42 positions, with the top ten at 58.3%. It sat 9.0% below its high of Aug 4, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

NOBL in plain words

NOBL tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.35% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 9, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 69 positions, with the top ten at 16.7%. It sat 6.3% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, FTXR or NOBL?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, FTXR returned +21.2% and NOBL +9.8%.
Which is cheaper, FTXR or NOBL?: NOBL is cheaper, by 0.25 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $25. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do FTXR and NOBL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 73% of FTXR and 100% of NOBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

FTXR filings on SEC EDGAR ↗FTXR prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗First Trust page for FTXR ↗NOBL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗NOBL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗ProShares page for NOBL ↗

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How this is computed

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed.

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