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ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

NOBLCboeProSharesA

$60.16+1.03 (+1.74%)

At close: Nov 2, 2026, 4:00 PM ET

A70/ 100

Rank 2 of 7 in Dividend Aristocrats

A70/100Rank 2 of 7inDividend Aristocrats
Intraday session: up, 79 prints from 59.13 to 60.16. Range 59.51 to 60.20. Use the arrow keys to read each point.59.4059.6059.8060.0010 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.35%
Fund size
$11.9B
1Y total return
+19.0%
Yield · Last 12 months
1.98%
Holdings
69
Avg volume · 30D
1.08M sh
52W range
low $50.12high $59.73
Launched
Filings
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The ETF.net NOBL Grade

A

Score 70 out of 100

Category
Dividend Aristocrats⁠
Rank
2 of 7
Six-pillar profile for NOBL. Scores out of 100: Cost 65, Risk 41, Mission 88, Tradability 87, Holdings 67, Durability 69. Strongest: Mission (88). Weakest: Risk (41). Leans toward Mission and Tradability.

Score 70 of 100 falls in the A band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.

  • Cost

    The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.
    B65 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 7

  • Mission

    Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.
    A88 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 7

  • Risk

    How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.
    C41 out of 100
    Rank 6 of 7

  • Tradability

    How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.
    A87 out of 100
    Rank 1 of 7

  • Holdings

    How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.
    B67 out of 100
    Rank 3 of 7

  • Durability

    Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.
    B69 out of 100
    Rank 2 of 7

Our read on NOBL

ETF.net Research

In short

ADividend investing without the yield chase. NOBL holds roughly 70 S&P 500 companies picked for their records as dividend growers, not for the fattest payout on the screen. A purist's take on the theme, running since 2013.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index.

Why people hold it

  • The screen is the product: a slice of about 70 names pulled from the S&P 500 on dividend-growth credentials, not headline yield.
  • At 0.35% a year, it sits below the typical fee in its dividend-growth peer group and matches SDY, the other big S&P dividend index fund.
  • A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, and it has tracked its index tightly. One of the stronger builds in its niche.

Worth knowing

  • Mid-priced, not cheap. Broad sector-neutral dividend index funds such as SPDG charge a fraction of NOBL's 0.35%.
  • Roughly 70 stocks means real single-name and sector concentration next to the full S&P 500, and it is all-equity, so market drawdowns come through.
  • Cash lands quarterly, not monthly, and the mandate rewards payout consistency rather than the biggest current yield.

NOBL Performance

Launched Oct 9, 2013

Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.

NOBL$11,895
SPY tracks large US stocks. It provides market context, rather than representing this fund’s strategy, asset class or investment benchmark.$11,199
Oct 31, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026. NOBL $11,895. SPY $11,199. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$10,000$11,000$12,000Oct 2025Apr 2026Oct 2026

Oct 31, 2025 – Oct 30, 2026

Returns run to the Oct 30, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for NOBL. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
PeriodNOBL
Year to date+15.4%
1 month+9.3%
3 months+4.1%
1 year+19.0%
3 yearsper year+13.9%
5 yearsper year+7.0%
10 yearsper year+10.9%

With distributions reinvested.

Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

Annual total returns for NOBL
YearReturn barNOBL
2026 YTD+15.4%
2025+6.8%
2024+6.7%
2023+8.1%
2022−6.5%
2021+25.5%
2020+8.4%

NOBL in the news

NOBL Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date. Data through Oct 30, 2026.
1.98%Last 12 months
Payout per share
$1.17Last 12 months
Last payment
$0.28 per share
Paid on
Shares bought on or after this date do not qualify for this distribution.
Frequency
Quarterly

Distribution history

2017–2026

One bar per payment. 39 payments from 2017 to 2026 YTD. Mar 22, 2017 $0.10; Jun 21, 2017 $0.11; Sep 27, 2017 $0.17; Dec 26, 2017 $0.19; Mar 21, 2018 $0.12; Jun 20, 2018 $0.21; Sep 26, 2018 $0.17; Dec 26, 2018 $0.21; Mar 20, 2019 $0.12; Jun 25, 2019 $0.19; Sep 25, 2019 $0.18; Dec 24, 2019 $0.22; Mar 25, 2020 $0.17; Jun 24, 2020 $0.21; Sep 23, 2020 $0.21; Dec 23, 2020 $0.27; Mar 23, 2021 $0.19; Jun 22, 2021 $0.22; Sep 22, 2021 $0.21; Dec 23, 2021 $0.32; Mar 23, 2022 $0.18; Jun 22, 2022 $0.19; Sep 21, 2022 $0.20; Dec 22, 2022 $0.30; Mar 22, 2023 $0.18; Jun 21, 2023 $0.23; Sep 20, 2023 $0.26; Dec 20, 2023 $0.33; Mar 20, 2024 $0.19; Jun 26, 2024 $0.28; Sep 25, 2024 $0.26; Dec 23, 2024 $0.29; Mar 26, 2025 $0.23; Jun 25, 2025 $0.28; Sep 24, 2025 $0.27; Dec 24, 2025 $0.33; Mar 25, 2026 $0.26; Jun 24, 2026 $0.30; Sep 23, 2026 $0.28. Use the arrow keys to read each point.2017201820192020202120222023202420252026YTD
Ex-datePay dateAmount per share
Sep 23, 2026Sep 29, 2026$0.28
Jun 24, 2026Jun 30, 2026$0.30
Mar 25, 2026Mar 31, 2026$0.26
Dec 24, 2025Dec 31, 2025$0.33
Sep 24, 2025Sep 30, 2025$0.27
Jun 25, 2025Jul 1, 2025$0.28
Mar 26, 2025Apr 1, 2025$0.23
Dec 23, 2024Dec 31, 2024$0.29
Sep 25, 2024Oct 2, 2024$0.26
Jun 26, 2024Jul 3, 2024$0.28
Mar 20, 2024Mar 27, 2024$0.19
Dec 20, 2023Dec 28, 2023$0.33

See all 52 payments⁠

$10,000 in NOBL 10 years ago paid $3,442 in dividends.⁠

NOBL Risk

Risk pillarC41 out of 100Rank 6 of 7 in Dividend Aristocrats
How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
13.5%
Annualised · 36 months to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
0.70
vs 3-month T-bills · to Oct 2026
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
−17.9%
Trough Sep 2022
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.64
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.

NOBL Cost

Compare NOBL and SNPD

Overpaying vs SNPD, cheapest in Dividend Aristocrats

$3,989

On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.

  • NOBL 0.35%

    $7,126

  • SNPD 0.15% Cheapest

    $3,137

$10,000
30 years

Cost over time

  • NOBL 0.35%
  • SNPD 0.15%
  • Overpaying
One line per fund, from year 0 to year 30. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$0$2K$4K$6K$8K051015202530NOBL $7,126SNPD $3,137

Year by year

YearNOBLSNPDOverpaying
10$634$274$360
20$2,454$1,071$1,383
30$7,126$3,137$3,989

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