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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and XLP +13.8%.

Which is cheaper, NOBL or XLP?

XLP 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 XLP overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

NOBL vs XLP: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NOBL returned +15.5% to XLP's +13.8%; 19% 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 $14.6bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

+13.8%

XLP total return, 1 year

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

0.08%

XLP expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLP costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 1.7 points; XLP is 1.2 times larger.

NOBL vs XLP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	NOBL	XLP
Return
Measure	NOBL	XLP
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	+13.8%
Drawdown
Measure	NOBL	XLP
Below its high		3.5%, high on Oct 22, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	NOBL	XLP
What it tracks	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index	Consumer Staples Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	NOBL	XLP
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.7bn	$14.6bn
Holdings
Measure	NOBL	XLP
Holdings in common	19%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.0%	62.9%

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

Risk and return

Oct 18, 2013 to Oct 23, 2026 · 679 weekly returns

NOBL XLP

Return

Total return edge NOBL +264.8% +200.4%

Annualized edge NOBL +10.4% +8.8%

Price return edge NOBL +179.1% +112.7%

Risk

Volatility edge XLP 15.4% 13.5%

Max drawdown edge XLP −31.7% −22.2%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge NOBL (slight) 0.59 0.55

Sortino edge NOBL 0.84 0.76

Calmar edge XLP 0.33 0.40

Reading

NOBL returned more: +264.8% to +200.4%. XLP swung less: 13.5% to 15.4%. XLP fell less at its worst: −22.2% to −31.7%.

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Risk and return: NOBL vs XLP: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	NOBL	XLP	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+264.8%	+200.4%	NOBL	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+10.4%	+8.8%	NOBL	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	+179.1%	+112.7%	NOBL	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	15.4%	13.5%	XLP	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	10.8%	9.7%	XLP	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−31.7%	−22.2%	XLP	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.59	0.55	NOBL (slight)	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.84	0.76	NOBL	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.33	0.40	XLP	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 679 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

19%

By the books each fund has filed, NOBL and XLP hold 19% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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19% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first NOBL XLP

COCA-COLA CO 1.55% 7.34%

WALMART INC 1.53% 11.05%

PROCTER & GAMBLE CO 1.50% 7.69%

TARGET CORP 1.50% 3.94%

CHURCH & DWIGHT CO INC 1.51% 1.49%

KENVUE INC 1.42% 2.23%

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO 1.41% 4.39%

KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP 1.40% 2.17%

SYSCO CORP 1.40% 2.35%

PEPSICO INC 1.38% 4.10%

ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND CO 1.25% 2.25%

JM SMUCKER CO 1.51% 0.81%

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 XLP

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 9.14%

PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL 6.56%

ALTRIA GROUP INC 4.54%

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC A 4.19%

MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP 3.88%

KEURIG DR PEPPER INC 2.83%

KROGER CO 2.24%

DOLLAR GENERAL CORP 1.67%

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Side by side

NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF XLP State Street Consumer Staples 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 Consumer staples

Total return, 1 year +15.5% +13.8%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 98.3% 99.6%

Holdings 69 36

Net assets, NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLP as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.6bn $14.6bn

NOBL and XLP on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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NOBL and XLP do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. NOBL follows S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index and XLP follows Consumer Staples Select Sector Index.
Holdings in common. 19% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated Oct 27, 2026).
Cost. NOBL charges 0.35% of assets a year and XLP 0.08%, a gap of 0.27 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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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%.

XLP

XLP tracks an index of Consumer staples. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.8% 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 36 positions, with the top ten at 62.9%. It sat 3.5% below its high of Oct 22, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or XLP?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and XLP +13.8%.
Which is cheaper, NOBL or XLP?: XLP 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 XLP overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 98% of NOBL and 100% of XLP by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

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XLP filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

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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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