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iShares Core High Dividend ETF provides a lower expense ratio and a higher trailing dividend yield than ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats® ETF. iShares Core High Dividend ETF has delivered stronger total returns over the past year, with lower price volatility than the S&P 500.

The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NYSEARCA:NOBL) is built for one job: deliver a slowly rising income stream from companies that have raised their dividends every year for at least a quarter century.

It's one thing to gather momentum and another to maintain it. The S&P 500 Momentum has effectively done both, gaining 7.5% during the month of June while maintaining a 44.4% gain that led all S&P factor-based equity exposure during the full second quarter.

If you own ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NYSEARCA:NOBL) for income, the question is whether the Aristocrat methodology delivers a safer payout than the broad market through SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY).

Investors who own the ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NYSEARCA:NOBL) bought one of the cleanest stories in dividend investing: S&P 500 companies that have raised their payout for at least 25 straight years.