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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, NOBL or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 98% of NOBL and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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NOBL vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NOBL returned +15.5% to VT's +13.5%; 6% 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.29 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 2.0 points; VT is 7.5 times larger.

NOBL vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	NOBL	VT
Return
Measure	NOBL	VT
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	+13.5%
Benchmark
Measure	NOBL	VT
What it tracks	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	NOBL	VT
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$10.9bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	NOBL	VT
Holdings in common	6%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.0%	22.5%

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 VT hold 6% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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6% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first NOBL VT

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.63% 0.57%

JOHNSON & JOHNSON 1.47% 0.54%

ABBVIE INC 1.58% 0.40%

WALMART INC 1.53% 0.39%

CHEVRON CORP 1.66% 0.32%

CATERPILLAR INC 1.12% 0.31%

PROCTER & GAMBLE CO 1.50% 0.29%

COCA-COLA CO 1.55% 0.28%

LINDE PLC 1.40% 0.19%

INTL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP 1.70% 0.18%

PEPSICO INC 1.38% 0.15%

ABBOTT LABORATORIES 1.44% 0.15%

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Only in NOBL

ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY-CL A 1.64%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Alphabet Inc 1.73%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.62%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

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Side by side

NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer ProShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year +15.5% +13.5%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 98.3% 54.7%

Holdings 69 10194

Net assets, NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.6bn $81.8bn

NOBL and VT 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%.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, NOBL or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.29 percentage points a year. That is about $29 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do NOBL and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 98% of NOBL and 55% of VT 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 ↗

VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VT ↗

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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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