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NOBL vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NOBL returned +15.5% to SPYD's +15.3%; 23% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $11.6bn on Oct 28, 2026 for ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF, and $7.5bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF.

NOBL on its own →SPYD on its own →
At a glance
+15.5%
NOBL total return, 1 year
+15.3%
SPYD total return, 1 year
0.35%
NOBL expense ratio
0.07%
SPYD expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYD costs 0.28 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 0.2 points; NOBL is 1.6 times larger.

NOBL vs SPYD: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasureNOBLSPYD
Return
Total return, 1 year+15.5%+15.3%
Drawdown
Below its high4.1%, high on Aug 24, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksS&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats IndexS&P 500 High Dividend Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.35%0.07%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$11.7bn$7.5bn
Holdings
Holdings in common23%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund17.0%16.1%

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

What they share

23%

By the books each fund has filed, NOBL and SPYD hold 23% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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23% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first NOBL SPYD
CHEVRON CORP 1.66% 1.54%
MEDTRONIC PLC 1.61% 1.49%
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC 1.56% 1.45%
JM SMUCKER CO 1.51% 1.40%
TARGET CORP 1.50% 1.40%
AMCOR PLC 1.49% 1.38%
KENVUE INC 1.42% 1.32%
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP 1.40% 1.30%
PEPSICO INC 1.38% 1.28%
FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC 1.35% 1.25%
ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST INC 1.31% 1.22%
MCCORMICK & CO-NON VTG SHRS 1.28% 1.19%
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%
ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY-CL A 1.64%
EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.63%
Only in SPYD
ACCENTURE PLC CL A 2.18%
HP INC 1.74%
HASBRO INC 1.73%
PFIZER INC 1.56%
CROWN CASTLE INC 1.47%
BEST BUY CO INC 1.47%
EOG RESOURCES INC 1.45%
AMERICAN TOWER CORP 1.44%
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Side by side

NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF SPYD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF
Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF
Issuer ProShares State Street
What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend
Total return, 1 year +15.5% +15.3%
Expense ratio 0.35% 0.07%
Already in the S&P 500 98.3% 99.3%
Holdings 69 79
Net assets, NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 and SPYD as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.6bn $7.5bn

NOBL and SPYD 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%.

SPYD

SPYD tracks the S&P 500 High Dividend. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +15.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.07% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 99% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 79 positions, with the top ten at 16.1%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Aug 24, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or SPYD?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and SPYD +15.3%.
Which is cheaper, NOBL or SPYD?
SPYD is cheaper, by 0.28 percentage points a year. That is about $28 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do NOBL and SPYD overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 98% of NOBL and 99% of SPYD by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where to next
NOBL on its own →SPYD on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →NOBL dividend history →NOBL holdings →SPYD dividend history →SPYD holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
NOBL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
NOBL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
ProShares page for NOBL ↗
SPYD filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SPYD prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street 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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