Which returned more over the last year, EDV or PVAL?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and PVAL returned +28.4%, so PVAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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EDV vs PVAL: how they differ

EDV and PVAL hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and PVAL returned more over the year.

Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund and Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, EDV and PVAL hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in EDV	Only in PVAL
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.82%	CISCO SYSTEMS INC 6.06%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.76%	CITIGROUP INC 4.68%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.72%	EXXON MOBIL CORP 3.66%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.70%	ALPHABET INC 3.33%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.68%	ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.09%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.65%	SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 3.08%
United States Treasury Strip Coupon 1.60%	AMAZON.COM INC 2.96%
United States Treasury Strip Principal 1.57%	MICROSOFT CORP 2.96%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated May 29, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

EDV and PVAL on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund	PVAL Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Vanguard	Putnam
What it is	Extended Duration Treasury	Putnam Focused Large Cap Value
Total return, 1 year	−10.8%	+28.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−28.3 pts	+10.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.05%	not published
Holdings	82	45

EDV in plain words

EDV is a bond fund tracking the Extended Duration Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −10.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 57.3% below its high of Mar 9, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

PVAL in plain words

PVAL is an index equity fund tracking the Putnam Focused Large Cap Value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +28.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 45 positions, with the top ten at 35.6%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EDV or PVAL?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −10.8% and PVAL returned +28.4%, so PVAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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