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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and VCIT −1.8%.

Which is cheaper, NOBL or VCIT?

VCIT is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

NOBL vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NOBL returned +15.5% to VCIT's −1.8%; 0% 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 $66.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF.

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At a glance

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

−1.8%

VCIT total return, 1 year

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

0.03%

VCIT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VCIT costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.3 points; VCIT is 6.1 times larger.

NOBL vs VCIT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	NOBL	VCIT
Return
Measure	NOBL	VCIT
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	−1.8%
Drawdown
Measure	NOBL	VCIT
Below its high		3.2%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	NOBL	VCIT
What it tracks	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index	Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index
Cost and size
Measure	NOBL	VCIT
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$10.9bn	$66.6bn
Holdings
Measure	NOBL	VCIT
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight	98%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.0%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, NOBL and VCIT hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first NOBL VCIT

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 VCIT

MKTLIQ 0.58%

Amazon.com Inc 0.29%

Space Exploration Technologies Corp 0.28%

Meta Platforms Inc 0.27%

Boeing Co 0.27%

Bank of America Corp 0.27%

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.26%

Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc 0.26%

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Side by side

NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer ProShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond

Total return, 1 year +15.5% −1.8%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured −1.8% (SCHI)

Gap to its benchmark not measured 0.0 pts vs SCHI

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.03%

Holdings 69 2340

Net assets, NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 and VCIT as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.6bn $66.6bn

NOBL and VCIT 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%.

VCIT

VCIT tracks an index of Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −1.8% with distributions reinvested, against −1.8% for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. 5-10 Year Corporate Bond Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.2% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or VCIT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and VCIT −1.8%.
Which is cheaper, NOBL or VCIT?: VCIT is cheaper, by 0.32 percentage points a year. That is about $32 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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Sources and dates

NOBL filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

NOBL prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

ProShares page for NOBL ↗

VCIT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VCIT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VCIT ↗

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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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