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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and NOBL +9.8%.

Which is cheaper, IWS or NOBL?

IWS is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $12. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 100% of NOBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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IWS vs NOBL: how they differ

IWS and NOBL hold 8% of their weight in the same names, and IWS returned +20.2% over the year. iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF and ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF.

IWS costs 0.12 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 10.4 points; IWS is 1.4 times larger.

	IWS	NOBL
Expense ratio	0.23%	0.35%
Net assets	$15.3bn	$11.2bn
Total return, 1 year	+20.2%	+9.8%
Holdings in common	8%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	7.0%	16.7%
Below its high	4.6%, high on Aug 14, 2026	6.3%, high on Aug 24, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+20.2%

IWS total return, 1 year

+9.8%

NOBL total return, 1 year

0.23%

IWS expense ratio

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, IWS and NOBL hold 8% 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 8, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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half

8% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding IWS NOBL

NUCOR 0.54% 1.57%

REALTY INCOME REIT 0.51% 1.23%

BECTON DICKINSON 0.50% 1.78%

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND 0.40% 1.35%

CONSOLIDATED EDISON 0.39% 1.40%

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES 0.36% 1.60%

KENVUE 0.34% 1.37%

CARDINAL HEALTH 0.30% 1.59%

ATMOS ENERGY 0.26% 1.34%

CINCINNATI FINANCIAL 0.25% 1.35%

DOVER CORP 0.25% 1.30%

EVERSOURCE ENERGY 0.25% 1.31%

Only in IWS

PHILLIPS 66 1.06%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE 0.94%

MODERNA 0.72%

MARATHON PETROLEUM 0.67%

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST REIT 0.65%

KINDER MORGAN 0.63%

ALLSTATE CORP 0.59%

AMETEK INC 0.57%

Only in NOBL

EMERSON ELECTRIC CO 1.71%

AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING 1.65%

TARGET CORP 1.65%

CHEVRON CORP 1.63%

INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 1.63%

ABBVIE INC 1.62%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.62%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.60%

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On the same fields

IWS

iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value 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 Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats

Total return, 1 year +20.2% +9.8%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 +3.0 pts −7.4 pts

Expense ratio 0.23% 0.35%

Already in the S&P 500 66.1% 99.7%

Holdings 719 69

Net assets $15.3bn $11.2bn

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

IWS in plain words

IWS tracks an index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +20.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.3% for the S&P 500 and +23.6% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.23% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 8, 2026, 66% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 719 positions, with the top ten at 7.0%. It sat 4.6% below its high of Aug 14, 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, IWS or NOBL?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, IWS returned +20.2% and NOBL +9.8%.
Which is cheaper, IWS or NOBL?: IWS is cheaper, by 0.12 percentage points a year. On $10,000 held for a year that difference is about $12. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do IWS and NOBL overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 66% of IWS and 100% of NOBL by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

IWS filings on SEC EDGAR ↗IWS prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗iShares page for IWS ↗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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