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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PVAL returned +28.4% and VCLT returned −4.8%, 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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PVAL vs VCLT: how they differ

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

Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF and Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PVAL and VCLT 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 PVAL	Only in VCLT
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 6.06%	Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch 0.38%
CITIGROUP INC 4.68%	CVS Health Corp 0.34%
EXXON MOBIL CORP 3.66%	Meta Platforms Inc 0.29%
ALPHABET INC 3.33%	Boeing Co/The 0.27%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.09%	Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd 0.27%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 3.08%	Amazon.com Inc 0.26%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.96%	Oracle Corp 0.24%
MICROSOFT CORP 2.96%	AT&T Inc 0.24%

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.

PVAL and VCLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	PVAL Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF	VCLT Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Putnam	Vanguard
What it is	Putnam Focused Large Cap Value	Long-Term Corporate Bond
Total return, 1 year	+28.4%	−4.8%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+10.8 pts	−22.3 pts
Expense ratio	not published	0.03%
Holdings	45	2775

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%.

VCLT in plain words

VCLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-Term Corporate Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −4.8% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.03% a year. It sat 18.1% below its high of Sep 22, 2021 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PVAL or VCLT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PVAL returned +28.4% and VCLT returned −4.8%, so PVAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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