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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, NOBL or URTH?

URTH is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 98% of NOBL and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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NOBL vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NOBL returned +15.5% to URTH's +13.1%; 8% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 28, 2026: $11.6bn for ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF and $8.9bn for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

URTH costs 0.11 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.4 points; NOBL is 1.3 times larger.

NOBL vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	NOBL	URTH
Return
Measure	NOBL	URTH
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	+13.1%
Benchmark
Measure	NOBL	URTH
What it tracks	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	NOBL	URTH
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.24%
Net assets	$11.6bn	$8.9bn
Holdings
Measure	NOBL	URTH
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.0%	27.2%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, NOBL and URTH hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first NOBL URTH

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.63% 0.82%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.47% 0.71%

WALMART INC 1.53% 0.57%

ABBVIE INC 1.58% 0.56%

CHEVRON CORP 1.66% 0.46%

PROCTER & GAMBLE CO 1.50% 0.40%

COCA-COLA CO 1.55% 0.39%

ROPER TECHNOLOGIES INC 1.81% 0.37%

CATERPILLAR INC 1.12% 0.36%

INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 1.70% 0.26%

LINDE PLC 1.40% 0.26%

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 1.44% 0.20%

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Only in NOBL

FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC 1.77%

ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY-CL A 1.64%

STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC 1.56%

BROWN-FORMAN CORP-CLASS B 1.51%

JM SMUCKER CO 1.51%

SMITH (A.O.) CORP 1.46%

PENTAIR PLC 1.38%

FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC 1.35%

Only in URTH

APPLE 5.60%

NVIDIA 5.50%

MICROSOFT 4.12%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.69%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.07%

BROADCOM INC 1.70%

ALPHABET CLASS C 1.62%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49%

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Side by side

NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer ProShares iShares

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year +15.5% +13.1%

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

Gap to its benchmark not measured −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 98.3% 69.1%

Holdings 69 1254

Net assets $11.6bn $8.9bn

NOBL and URTH 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%.

URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, NOBL or URTH?: URTH is cheaper, by 0.11 percentage points a year. That is about $11 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do NOBL and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 98% of NOBL and 69% of URTH 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 ↗

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for URTH ↗

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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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