Which returned more over the last year, PFF or VCIT?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −0.8% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so PFF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, PFF or VCIT?

PFF charges 0.45% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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

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PFF vs VCIT: how they differ

PFF and VCIT hold 0% of their weight in the same names.

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF and Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PFF and VCIT 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 PFF	Only in VCIT
BOEING COMPANY (THE) 3.99%	Amazon.com Inc 0.31%
STRATEGY INC 2.99%	Boeing Co/The 0.28%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 2.37%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.28%
ORACLE CORP 2.31%	Bank of America Corp 0.27%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1.79%	Oracle Corp 0.27%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.47%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII 1.33%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.27%
ALBEMARLE CORP 1.31%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.25%

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 Jun 30, 2026 and May 31, 2026.

PFF and VCIT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF	VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	Preferred and Income Securities	Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	−0.8%	−1.2%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.3 pts	−18.7 pts
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.03%
Holdings	455	2302

PFF in plain words

PFF is an index equity fund tracking the Preferred and Income Securities. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −0.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 22% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 455 positions, with the top ten at 19.9%. It sat 3.2% below its high of May 8, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

VCIT in plain words

VCIT is a bond fund tracking the Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −1.2% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 3.4% below its high of Feb 27, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PFF or VCIT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −0.8% and VCIT returned −1.2%, so PFF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, PFF or VCIT?: PFF charges 0.45% a year and VCIT charges 0.03%, so VCIT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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PFF against VCIT, ETFIQ, data as of Sep 12, 2026. Every figure is arithmetic on a named public source; the method is at etfiq.com/methodology. A comparison is not a recommendation.

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