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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and XLU −3.0%.

Which is cheaper, NOBL or XLU?

XLU 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 XLU overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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NOBL vs XLU: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, NOBL returned +15.5% to XLU's −3.0%; 5% 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 $23.9bn on Oct 27, 2026 for State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF.

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At a glance

+15.5%

NOBL total return, 1 year

−3.0%

XLU total return, 1 year

0.35%

NOBL expense ratio

0.08%

XLU expense ratio

Pair scorecard

XLU costs 0.27 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.5 points; XLU is 2.0 times larger.

NOBL vs XLU: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	NOBL	XLU
Return
Measure	NOBL	XLU
Total return, 1 year	+15.5%	−3.0%
Drawdown
Measure	NOBL	XLU
Below its high		9.1%, high on Feb 27, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	NOBL	XLU
What it tracks	S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index	Utilities Select Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	NOBL	XLU
Expense ratio	0.35%	0.08%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.7bn	$23.9bn
Holdings
Measure	NOBL	XLU
Holdings in common	5%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	17.0%	58.7%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, NOBL and XLU hold 5% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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5% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first NOBL XLU

CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC 1.44% 3.16%

ATMOS ENERGY CORP 1.35% 2.15%

NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.29% 12.76%

EVERSOURCE ENERGY 1.27% 1.89%

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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%

CHEVRON CORP 1.66%

ERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY-CL A 1.64%

Only in XLU

SOUTHERN CO 7.91%

DUKE ENERGY CORP 7.22%

CONSTELLATION ENERGY 6.33%

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER 5.26%

DOMINION ENERGY INC 4.26%

SEMPRA 4.12%

ENTERGY CORP 3.75%

XCEL ENERGY INC 3.62%

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Side by side

NOBL ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF XLU State Street Utilities 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 Utilities

Total return, 1 year +15.5% −3.0%

Expense ratio 0.35% 0.08%

Already in the S&P 500 98.3% 99.7%

Holdings 69 32

Net assets, NOBL as of Oct 28, 2026 and XLU as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.6bn $23.9bn

NOBL and XLU 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%.

XLU

XLU tracks an index of Utilities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −3.0% 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 32 positions, with the top ten at 58.7%. It sat 9.1% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, NOBL or XLU?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, NOBL returned +15.5% and XLU −3.0%.
Which is cheaper, NOBL or XLU?: XLU 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 XLU overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 98% of NOBL and 100% of XLU 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 ↗

XLU filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

XLU 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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