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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −0.8% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so PFF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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PFF vs VGLT: how they differ

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

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF and Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PFF and VGLT 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 VGLT
BOEING CO 3.54%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.62%
ORACLE CORPORATION 2.31%	Mexico Government International Bond 0.50%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 2.30%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
ALPHABET INC 2.24%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CONV PR 2.06%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
ALBEMARLE CORP 1.12%	Mexico Government International Bond 0.48%
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 0.89%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44%
BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES UNITS 0.74%	Province of British Columbia Canada 0.43%

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 Apr 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

PFF and VGLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF	VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	iShares	Vanguard
What it is	Preferred and Income Securities	Long-term Treasury
Total return, 1 year	−0.8%	−5.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−18.3 pts	−22.9 pts
Expense ratio	0.45%	not published
Holdings	461	1703

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 Sep 10, 2026, 22% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 461 positions, with the top ten at 23.1%. It sat 3.2% below its high of May 8, 2026 on Sep 11, 2026.

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, PFF or VGLT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −0.8% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so PFF returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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