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

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PVAL returned +28.4% and VGLT returned −5.4%, 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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PVAL vs VGLT: how they differ

PVAL is an equity index fund and VGLT a bond index fund, and over the year PVAL returned more, +28.4% against −5.4%.

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

PVAL and VGLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	PVAL Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF	VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Putnam	Vanguard
What it is	Putnam Focused Large Cap Value	Long-term Treasury
Total return, 1 year	+28.4%	−5.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+10.8 pts	−22.9 pts
Holdings	45	not filed

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%.

VGLT in plain words

VGLT is a bond fund tracking the Long-term Treasury. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned −5.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. It sat 39.2% below its high of Aug 4, 2020 on Sep 11, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PVAL or VGLT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PVAL returned +28.4% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so PVAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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