VIG vs. NOBL: Fees, Yield, and Index Rules Drive Different Dividend ETF Profiles

Overview

• Both funds target companies with a long record of raising payouts, with VIG using a broad dividend‑growth screen and NOBL tracking S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats with equal weighting.
• VIG charges 0.04% a year versus 0.35% for NOBL, and it is larger at $123.8 billion in assets compared with $10.9 billion.
• Over the past year, VIG returned 11.8% versus 5.7% for NOBL, and recent yields were about 1.6% for VIG and 2.0% for NOBL.
• NOBL holds nearly 70 stocks that are equally weighted with any one sector capped at 30%, and recent top positions included Chevron, ExxonMobil, and Linde at just over 1.7% each.
• VIG owns 338 holdings with heavier tilts toward technology, financials, and healthcare, and its largest stakes recently were Broadcom, Apple, and Eli Lilly at roughly 3.7% to 5.9%.