Are NOBL and REMX in the same category?

NOBL is a stock ETF and REMX is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.

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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and REMX −19.2%.

Which is cheaper, NOBL or REMX?

NOBL is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 98% of NOBL and 9% of REMX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

NOBL vs REMX: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NOBL returned +15.5% to REMX's −19.2%, and NOBL charges 0.35% to REMX's 0.53%.

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Net assets: $11.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF, and $1.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF.

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At a glance

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

−19.2%

REMX total return, 1 year

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

0.53%

REMX expense ratio

Pair scorecard

NOBL costs 0.18 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 34.7 points; NOBL is 7.8 times larger.

NOBL vs REMX: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	NOBL	REMX
Return
Measure	NOBL	REMX
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	−19.2%
Drawdown
Measure	NOBL	REMX
Below its all-time high		75.1%, high on Apr 11, 2011
Against its benchmark
Measure	NOBL	REMX
What it tracks	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index	Rare earth and critical materials
Against its benchmark, 1 year		behind by 32.6 pts
Cost and size
Measure	NOBL	REMX
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.53%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.7bn	$1.5bn
Active share vs the S&P 500		100%
Holdings
Measure	NOBL	REMX
Holdings in common	1%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.0%	61%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, NOBL and REMX 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 NOBL REMX

ALBEMARLE CORP 1.18% 8.87%

Only in one fund ↓

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%

Only in REMX

Sociedad Quimica Y Minera De Chile Sa 9.02%

China Northern Rare Earth Group High-Te 7.12%

Mp Materials Corp 6.90%

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd 6.35%

Pilbara Minerals Ltd 5.55%

Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co Ltd 5.04%

Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd 4.46%

Lianyou Metals Co Ltd 3.97%

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Side by side

NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF REMX VanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Thematic ETF

Issuer ProShares VanEck

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Rare earth and critical materials

Total return, 1 year +15.5% −19.2%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −32.6 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.53%

Already in the S&P 500 98.3% 8.6%

Holdings 69 32

Net assets, NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 and REMX as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.6bn $1.5bn

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

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About each fund

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%.

REMX

By weight, 9% of REMX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 61% of the fund across 32 positions, as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 the fund returned −19.2% with distributions reinvested against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, so a holder was behind by 32.6 pts. It sits 75.1% below its all-time high of Apr 11, 2011.

Questions people ask

Are NOBL and REMX in the same category?: NOBL is a stock ETF and REMX is a thematic ETF, so they do different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and holdings.
Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or REMX?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and REMX −19.2%.
Which is cheaper, NOBL or REMX?: NOBL is cheaper, by 0.18 percentage points a year. That is about $18 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do NOBL and REMX overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 98% of NOBL and 9% of REMX by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

NOBL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

NOBL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ProShares page for NOBL ↗

REMX filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

REMX prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

VanEck website ↗

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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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