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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and XLC −10.4%.

Which is cheaper, NOBL or XLC?

XLC is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

By their latest filed holdings, 98% of NOBL and 100% of XLC by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

NOBL vs XLC: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NOBL returned +15.5% to XLC's −10.4%; 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 $22.1bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

−10.4%

XLC total return, 1 year

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

0.08%

XLC expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLC costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 25.9 points; XLC is 1.9 times larger.

NOBL vs XLC: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	NOBL	XLC
Return
Measure	NOBL	XLC
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	−10.4%
Drawdown
Measure	NOBL	XLC
Below its high		13.3%, high on Jan 30, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	NOBL	XLC
What it tracks	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index	Communication Services Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	NOBL	XLC
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.7bn	$22.1bn
Holdings
Measure	NOBL	XLC
Holdings in common	0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.0%	75.3%

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

What they share

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

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first NOBL XLC

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 XLC

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 21.45%

ALPHABET INC CL A 12.27%

ALPHABET INC CL C 9.82%

WALT DISNEY CO 5.33%

TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWRE 4.80%

COMCAST CORP CLASS A 4.48%

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 4.45%

APPLOVIN CORP CLASS A 4.34%

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Side by side

NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF XLC State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer ProShares State Street

What it is Tracks the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Tracks an index of Communication services

Total return, 1 year +15.5% −10.4%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 98.3% 99.8%

Holdings 69 23

Net assets, NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLC as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.6bn $22.1bn

NOBL and XLC 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%.

XLC

XLC tracks an index of Communication services. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −10.4% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.08% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 23 positions, with the top ten at 75.3%. It sat 13.3% below its high of Jan 30, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or XLC?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and XLC −10.4%.
Which is cheaper, NOBL or XLC?: XLC is cheaper, by 0.27 percentage points a year. That is about $27 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do NOBL and XLC overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 98% of NOBL and 100% of XLC 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 ↗

XLC filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLC 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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