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ETF comparison

FDL vs NOBL

Both Dividend.

First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund · ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
13.1 %

17 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FDL and NOBL would leave roughly 13.1% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FDL unmatched 86.7% Shared 13.1% NOBL unmatched 86.7%

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.

In FDL only
84 positions
Shared
17 positions
In NOBL only
52 positions

Side by side

FDL

First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund

First Trust · Dividend

68 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.43%
Net assets
$8.39B
TTM yield
3.61%
Top-10 conc.
48.1%
NOBL

ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF

ProShares · Dividend

80 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.35%
Net assets
$11.90B
TTM yield
1.93%
Top-10 conc.
16.7%

Sub-score comparison

57
Cost
65
73
Tax efficiency
77
97
Liquidity
100
46
Concentration
90
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Tracking quality
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FDL sub-score NOBL

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

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 MEDTRONIC PLC 2.28% 1.56% 1.56%
2 CHEVRON CORP 7.43% 1.51% 1.51%
3 PEPSICO INC 4.84% 1.46% 1.46%
4 TARGET CORP 1.41% 1.64% 1.41%
5 KIMBERLY CLARK CORP 1.23% 1.40% 1.23%
6 CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC 0.89% 1.35% 0.89%
7 AMCOR PLC 0.89% 1.50% 0.89%
8 EVERSOURCE ENERGY 0.81% 1.33% 0.81%
9 T. ROWE PRICE GROUP INC 0.77% 1.35% 0.77%
10 GENUINE PARTS COMPANY 0.46% 1.59% 0.46%
11 CLOROX COMPANY 0.39% 1.44% 0.39%
12 STANLEY BLACK & DECKER INC 0.39% 1.52% 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

52 total
  • FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 1.80%
  • Roper Technologies, Inc. 1.78%
  • Becton Dickinson & Co. 1.73%
  • Erie Indemnity Co. 1.71%
  • Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 1.66%
  • Albemarle Corp. 1.62%
  • International Business Machines Corp. 1.60%
  • Brown & Brown, Inc. 1.56%
  • Nordson Corp. 1.56%
  • Abbott Laboratories 1.55%

Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

Open FDL or NOBL at a brokerage

Both funds trade commission-free at major US brokerages.

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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.