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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −13.3% and PFF −4.2%.

Which is cheaper, EDV or PFF?

EDV is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

EDV vs PFF: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, EDV returned −13.3% to PFF's −4.2%, and EDV charges 0.05% to PFF's 0.45%.

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Net assets: $3.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF, and $11.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF.

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At a glance

−13.3%

EDV total return, 1 year

−4.2%

PFF total return, 1 year

0.05%

EDV expense ratio

0.45%

PFF expense ratio

Pair scorecard

EDV costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 9.1 points; PFF is 3.4 times larger.

EDV vs PFF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EDV	PFF
Return
Measure	EDV	PFF
Total return, 1 year	−13.3%	−4.2%
Drawdown
Measure	EDV	PFF
Below its high	57.0%, high on Mar 9, 2020	7.1%, high on May 8, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	EDV	PFF
What it tracks	Bloomberg U.S. Treasury STRIPS 2030 Year Equal Par Bond Index	ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index
Cost and size
Measure	EDV	PFF
Expense ratio	0.05%	0.45%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$3.6bn	$12.3bn
Holdings
Measure	EDV	PFF
Holdings in common	0%
In the S&P 500, by weight		0%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund		22.7%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026. Method

Risk and return

Dec 21, 2007 to Oct 23, 2026 · 983 weekly returns

EDV PFF

Return

Total return edge PFF +55.0% +125.4%

Annualized edge PFF +2.3% +4.4%

Price return edge PFF −38.6% −31.1%

Risk

Volatility edge Tie 21.4% 21.1%

Max drawdown edge EDV (slight) −59.7% −64.3%

Risk-adjusted

Sharpe edge PFF 0.15 0.24

Sortino edge PFF 0.21 0.36

Calmar edge PFF 0.04 0.07

Reading

PFF returned more: +125.4% to +55.0%. EDV and PFF swung about the same: 21.4% and 21.1%. EDV fell slightly less at its worst: −59.7% to −64.3%.

Full scorecard

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Risk and return: EDV vs PFF: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	EDV	PFF	Edge	How it is measured
Return
Total return	+55.0%	+125.4%	PFF	Price change plus distributions, reinvested.
Annualized	+2.3%	+4.4%	PFF	Total return as a yearly rate.
Price return	−38.6%	−31.1%	PFF	Price change alone, distributions left out.
Risk
Volatility	21.4%	21.1%	Tie	Spread of weekly returns, annualized. Lower is steadier.
Downside deviation	14.9%	14.1%	PFF (slight)	Like volatility, counting only weeks below the Treasury bill rate.
Max drawdown	−59.7%	−64.3%	EDV (slight)	Deepest fall from a high to the low after it.
Risk-adjusted
Sharpe	0.15	0.24	PFF	Return above Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
Sortino	0.21	0.36	PFF	Return above Treasury bills per unit of downside deviation.
Calmar	0.04	0.07	PFF	Annualized return divided by the max drawdown.

Computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices and ETFIQ's distribution records, 983 weekly returns. Cash rate: the 13-week Treasury bill.

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, EDV and PFF hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

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Positions both hold · largest shared weight first EDV PFF

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Only in EDV

STRIPS, due May 15, 2046 1.83%

STRIP PRINC, due May 15, 2046 1.76%

STRIPS, due Aug 15, 2046 1.72%

STRIP PRINC, due Aug 15, 2046 1.70%

STRIPS, due Nov 15, 2046 1.68%

STRIP PRINC, due Aug 15, 2055 1.65%

STRIPS, due Feb 15, 2047 1.60%

STRIP PRINC, due Nov 15, 2055 1.57%

Only in PFF

BOEING COMPANY (THE) 6% SER A DEP SHS REPSTG 1/20TH INT MANDATORY CONV PFD 3.93%

STRATEGY INC VARIABLE RATE SERIES A PERPETUAL STRETCH PREFERRED STOCK 2.95%

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 7.5% NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL CONVERTIBLE CLASS A PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES L 2.33%

ORACLE CORP DEPOSITARY SHARES EACH REPRESENTING A 1/2,000TH INTEREST IN A SHARE OF 6.50% SERIES D MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK 2.28%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 7.625% SERIES C MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK 1.76%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 7.25% NON-CUMULATIVE PERPETUAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK SERIES L 1.45%

CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII FIXED/FLOAT TRUST PREFERRED SECURITIES 1.31%

ALBEMARLE CORP DEPOSITARY SHARES EACH REPRESENTING A 1/20TH INTEREST IN A SHARE OF 7.25% SERIES A MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK 1.29%

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Side by side

EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Bond ETF

Issuer Vanguard iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Extended Duration Treasury Tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities

Total return, 1 year −13.3% −4.2%

Its benchmark over the same days not measured +13.6% (MLRG)

Gap to its benchmark not measured −17.8 pts vs MLRG

Expense ratio 0.05% 0.45%

Holdings 81 453

Net assets, EDV as of Sep 30, 2026 and PFF as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.6bn $11.8bn

EDV and PFF on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

Client brief · page 1 of 2 Report BR-237DFFC313

EDV and PFF do different jobs. What does each one do in a portfolio?

What each follows. EDV follows Bloomberg U.S. Treasury STRIPS 2030 Year Equal Par Bond Index and PFF follows ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index.
Holdings in common. 0% of the weight is in the same securities (holdings dated May 31, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026).
One-year total return. Over 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 EDV returned −13.3% and PFF −4.2% with distributions reinvested, a gap of 9.1 points.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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About each fund

EDV

EDV tracks an index of Extended Duration Treasury. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −13.3% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. It sat 57.0% below its high of Mar 9, 2020 on Oct 28, 2026.

PFF

PFF tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −4.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 453 positions, with the top ten at 22.7%. It sat 7.1% below its high of May 8, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, EDV or PFF?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, EDV returned −13.3% and PFF −4.2%.
Which is cheaper, EDV or PFF?: EDV is cheaper, by 0.40 percentage points a year. That is about $40 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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EDV on its own →PFF on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →EDV dividend history →EDV holdings →PFF dividend history →PFF holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

EDV filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

EDV prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for EDV ↗

PFF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PFF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for PFF ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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