Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (S&P U.S. Dividend Growers) against ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats) — fees, long-horizon total returns, holdings overlap, and sector tilt, side by side.
| VIG | NOBL | SPREAD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| YTD (cumulative) | +11.0% | — | — |
| 1Y CAGR | +16.6% | — | — |
| 3Y CAGR | +16.1% | — | — |
| 5Y CAGR | +10.3% | — | — |
| 10Y CAGR | +13.1% | — | — |
| Since inception CAGR | +10.2% | — | — |
Total return: dividend- and split-adjusted daily closes (distributions reinvested). Spread is VIG minus NOBL. VIG since-inception measured from first available bar May 2, 2006. Since-inception spans differ — compare that row with care.
| VIG | NOBL | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF Shares | ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF |
| Category | Large Blend | Large Value |
| Style | Passive | Passive |
| Expense ratio | 0.04% | 0.35% |
| Assets (AUM) | $130.9B | $11.7B |
| Dividend yield | 1.50% | 2.04% |
| Avg volume (3-mo) | 1.1M | 1.1M |
| Inception | April 21, 2006 | October 9, 2013 |
| Benchmark proxy | S&P 500 | S&P 500 |
VIG costs 0.31 pp less per year — about $31.00 per $10,000 invested.
Sum of min(weight in each fund) across shared tickers — the standard fund-overlap measure. Computed on the top 25 holdings each fund reports, so it is a lower bound; the coverage figures show how much of each fund those top holdings represent.
Expense ratios verified against issuer fact sheets. Dividend yield is trailing 12-month distributions divided by price, as reported by the fund data provider.