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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and XLE +61.2%.

Which is cheaper, NOBL or XLE?

XLE 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 XLE overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

NOBL vs XLE: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NOBL returned +15.5% to XLE's +61.2%; 3% 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 $45.2bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

+61.2%

XLE total return, 1 year

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

0.08%

XLE expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLE costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 45.7 points; XLE is 3.9 times larger.

NOBL vs XLE: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	NOBL	XLE
Return
Measure	NOBL	XLE
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	+61.2%
Benchmark
Measure	NOBL	XLE
What it tracks	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index	Energy Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	NOBL	XLE
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.7bn	$45.2bn
Holdings
Measure	NOBL	XLE
Holdings in common	3%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.0%	78.1%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, NOBL and XLE hold 3% 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 XLE

CHEVRON CORP 1.66% 18.21%

EXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP 1.63% 23.98%

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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%

ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY-CL A 1.64%

MEDTRONIC PLC 1.61%

Only in XLE

CONOCOPHILLIPS 7.18%

MARATHON PETROLEUM CORP 4.67%

PHILLIPS 66 4.41%

VALERO ENERGY CORP 4.26%

WILLIAMS COS INC 4.22%

EOG RESOURCES INC 4.07%

SLB LTD 3.86%

KINDER MORGAN INC 3.19%

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Side by side

NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF XLE State Street Energy 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 Energy

Total return, 1 year +15.5% +61.2%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 98.3% 99.8%

Holdings 69 22

Net assets, NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLE as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.6bn $45.2bn

NOBL and XLE 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%.

XLE

XLE tracks an index of Energy. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +61.2% 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 22 positions, with the top ten at 78.1%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or XLE?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and XLE +61.2%.
Which is cheaper, NOBL or XLE?: XLE 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 XLE overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 98% of NOBL and 100% of XLE 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 ↗

XLE filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLE 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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