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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and VTIP +2.2%.

Which is cheaper, NOBL or VTIP?

VTIP 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 VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NOBL returned +15.5% to VTIP's +2.2%; 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 $20.9bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares.

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At a glance

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

+2.2%

VTIP total return, 1 year

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

0.03%

VTIP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTIP costs 0.32 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 13.3 points; VTIP is 1.9 times larger.

NOBL vs VTIP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	NOBL	VTIP
Return
Measure	NOBL	VTIP
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	+2.2%
Benchmark
Measure	NOBL	VTIP
What it tracks	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) 0-5 Years Index
Cost and size
Measure	NOBL	VTIP
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.03%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$10.9bn	$20.9bn
Holdings
Measure	NOBL	VTIP
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 VTIP 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 VTIP

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 VTIP

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.30%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.22%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 5.14%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.97%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.96%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.87%

United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds 4.83%

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Side by side

NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

Where it sits Stock ETF Bond ETF

Issuer ProShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities

Total return, 1 year +15.5% +2.2%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.03%

Holdings 69 26

Net assets, NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 and VTIP as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.6bn $20.9bn

NOBL and VTIP 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%.

VTIP

VTIP tracks an index of Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +2.2% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or VTIP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and VTIP +2.2%.
Which is cheaper, NOBL or VTIP?: VTIP 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 ↗

VTIP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTIP prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTIP ↗

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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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