ETF comparison
FDL vs NOBL
Both Dividend.
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF
Holdings overlap
17 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDL and NOBL would leave roughly 12.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
NOBL is 8 bps cheaper than FDL. On a $100,000 position that's about $80/yr more in fees for FDL.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with FDL vs NOBL.
Top shared holdings
17 shared in total| # | Holding | In FDL | In NOBL | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHEVRON CORP | 7.43% | 1.44% | 1.44% |
| 2 | TARGET CORP | 1.41% | 1.41% | 1.41% |
| 3 | PEPSICO INC | 4.84% | 1.36% | 1.36% |
| 4 | MEDTRONIC PLC | 2.28% | 1.32% | 1.32% |
| 5 | KIMBERLY CLARK CORP | 1.23% | 1.48% | 1.23% |
| 6 | CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC | 0.89% | 1.43% | 0.89% |
| 7 | AMCOR PLC | 0.89% | 1.38% | 0.89% |
| 8 | EVERSOURCE ENERGY | 0.81% | 1.50% | 0.81% |
| 9 | T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC | 0.77% | 1.55% | 0.77% |
| 10 | GENUINE PARTS COMPANY | 0.46% | 1.26% | 0.46% |
| 11 | CLOROX COMPANY | 0.39% | 1.32% | 0.39% |
| 12 | STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC | 0.39% | 1.53% | 0.39% |
Only in FDL
84 total- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC 7.17%
- PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL INC 6.06%
- PFIZER INC 5.91%
- ALTRIA GROUP INC 4.64%
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY 3.43%
- UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INC 3.15%
- COMCAST CORP 3.13%
- SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 2.32%
- BLACKSTONE INC 2.31%
- US BANCORP 2.27%
Only in NOBL
53 total- Nucor Corp. 1.76%
- West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 1.72%
- International Business Machines Corp. 1.71%
- Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 1.67%
- Colgate-Palmolive Co. 1.61%
- Caterpillar, Inc. 1.60%
- Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 1.60%
- Essex Property Trust, Inc. 1.58%
- Federal Realty Investment Trust 1.58%
- General Dynamics Corp. 1.56%
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- NOBL vs FDVV · Fidelity High Dividend ETF 12.4%
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- NOBL vs SPYM · State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF 11.0%
- NOBL vs IVV · iShares Core S&P 500 ETF 11.0%
- NOBL vs CGDV · Capital Group Dividend Value ETF 10.3%
- NOBL vs VTI · Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF 9.7%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.