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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and NOBL +15.5%.

Which is cheaper, GARP or NOBL?

GARP is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 98% of NOBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

GARP vs NOBL: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GARP returned +18.0% to NOBL's +15.5%; 1% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $3.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF, and $11.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

GARP total return, 1 year

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

0.15%

GARP expense ratio

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GARP costs 0.20 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.5 points; NOBL is 3.3 times larger.

GARP vs NOBL: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GARP	NOBL
Return
Measure	GARP	NOBL
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+15.5%
Drawdown
Measure	GARP	NOBL
Below its high	7.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GARP	NOBL
What it tracks	MSCI USA Quality GARP Select Index	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index
Cost and size
Measure	GARP	NOBL
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.35%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.6bn	$11.7bn
Holdings
Measure	GARP	NOBL
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43.5%	17.0%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, GARP and NOBL hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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1% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GARP NOBL

CATERPILLAR INC 3.29% 1.12%

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Only in GARP

MICROSOFT 5.67%

APPLE 5.66%

NVIDIA 5.18%

VISA CLASS A 5.13%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.72%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61%

LAM RESEARCH 3.31%

KLA 3.09%

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

GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP 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 USA Quality GARP Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +15.5%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (PBUS) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs PBUS not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 94.4% 98.3%

Holdings 131 69

Net assets, GARP as of Oct 27, 2026 and NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 $3.6bn $11.6bn

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

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About each fund

GARP

GARP tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 131 positions, with the top ten at 43.5%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Oct 6, 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, GARP or NOBL?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and NOBL +15.5%.
Which is cheaper, GARP or NOBL?: GARP is cheaper, by 0.20 percentage points a year. That is about $20 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GARP and NOBL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 98% of NOBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where to next

GARP on its own →NOBL on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →GARP dividend history →GARP holdings →NOBL dividend history →NOBL holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

GARP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GARP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for GARP ↗

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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