There are a number of other high-quality paying stocks that have a history of raising dividends. For instance, the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEArca: VIG) tracks U.S. stocks that have increased dividends for at least 10 consecutive years. The Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEArca: SCHD) includes 100 stocks that showed consistent dividend payouts for at least 10 consecutive years. The SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (NYSEArca: SDY) holds firms that have a minimum dividend increase streak of 20 years.
Year-to-date, VIG fell 2.3%, SCHD declined 4.1% and SDY dipped 1.7%.
NOBL has also attracted greater interest, adding $305.6 million in net inflows year-to-date and $20.2 million so far this month.
In contrast, year-to-date, VIG saw $911.4 million in outflows, SCHD added $16.6 million in inflows and SDY lost $786.5 million.
Looking at yields though, NOBL has a slightly lower 1.81% 12-month yield, compared to the 2.18% for VIG, 2.87% for SCHD and 2.34% for SDY.
For more information on dividend stocks, visit our dividend ETFs category.
Max Chen contributed to this article.