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

In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +9.8% and SMIG +9.7%.

Which is cheaper, NOBL or SMIG?

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 NOBL and SMIG overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 100% of NOBL and 35% of SMIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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NOBL vs SMIG: how they differ

NOBL and SMIG hold 1% of their weight in the same names. ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF and Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF.

NOBL costs 0.25 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.1 points; NOBL is 7.7 times larger.

	NOBL	SMIG
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.60%
Net assets, NOBL as of Oct 9, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026	$11.2bn	$1.5bn
Total return, 1 year	+9.8%	+9.7%
Holdings in common	1%
Nasdaq-100, total return, 1 year	+23.6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	16.7%	42.3%
Below its high	6.3%, high on Aug 24, 2026	6.4%, high on Aug 14, 2026

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

+9.8%

NOBL total return, 1 year

+9.7%

SMIG total return, 1 year

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

0.60%

SMIG expense ratio

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, NOBL and SMIG hold 1% 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 Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 9, 2026.

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half

1% in common

Positions both hold, largest shared weight first

Holding NOBL SMIG

ATMOS ENERGY CORP 1.34% 1.16%

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%

Only in SMIG

Silicon Motion Technology Corp 6.66%

Targa Resources Corp 4.89%

Snap-on Inc 4.70%

Victory Capital Holdings Inc 4.30%

DT Midstream Inc 4.19%

Hubbell Inc 4.01%

Gildan Activewear Inc 3.78%

Packaging Corp of America 3.30%

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On the same fields

NOBL

ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

SMIG

Bahl & Gaynor Small/Mid Cap Income Growth ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer ProShares Bahl & Gaynor

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Actively managed

Total return, 1 year +9.8% +9.7%

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

Gap to the S&P 500 −7.4 pts −7.6 pts

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.60%

Already in the S&P 500 99.7% 35.4%

Holdings 69 38

Net assets, NOBL as of Oct 9, 2026 and SMIG as of Jun 30, 2026 $11.2bn $1.5bn

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

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.

SMIG in plain words

SMIG is actively managed and tracks no index. Over the year to Oct 9, 2026 it returned +9.7% 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 filed for Jun 30, 2026, 35% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 38 positions, with the top ten at 42.3%. It sat 6.4% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 9, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or SMIG?: In the year to Oct 9, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +9.8% and SMIG +9.7%.
Which is cheaper, NOBL or SMIG?: 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 NOBL and SMIG overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 100% of NOBL and 35% of SMIG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Where these figures came from

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

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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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ETFIQ, NOBL against SMIG, data as of Oct 9, 2026. https://etfiq.com/compare/any/nobl-vs-smig

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