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PFF vs VOOG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, PFF returned −4.2% to VOOG's +12.1%; 7% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $11.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF, and $27.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF.

PFF on its own →VOOG on its own →
At a glance
−4.2%
PFF total return, 1 year
+12.1%
VOOG total return, 1 year
0.45%
PFF expense ratio
0.05%
VOOG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VOOG costs 0.40 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.3 points; VOOG is 2.3 times larger.

PFF vs VOOG: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasurePFFVOOG
Return
Total return, 1 year−4.2%+12.1%
Drawdown
Below its high7.1%, high on May 8, 20264.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities IndexS&P 500 Growth Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.45%0.05%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026$12.3bn$27.8bn
Holdings
Holdings in common7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.7%60.2%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

7%

By the books each fund has filed, PFF and VOOG hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PFF VOOG
ALPHABET INC 2.31% 5.48%
ALPHABET INC 2.26% 4.39%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.85% 1.62%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.50% 0.43%
MORGAN STANLEY 0.48% 0.37%
ORACLE CORPORATION 2.06% 0.34%
BOEING CO 3.11% 0.17%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.25% 0.17%
KKR & CO INC 1.08% 0.09%
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.30% 0.08%
WR BERKLEY CORPORATION 0.11% 0.02%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in PFF
STRATEGY INC 3.53%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CONV PR 2.36%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 2.27%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY SERIES L 2.14%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.43%
CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII 1.22%
NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.06%
NEXTERA ENERGY UNITS 1.04%
Only in VOOG
NVIDIA Corp 15.01%
Microsoft Corp 10.34%
Apple Inc 6.60%
Broadcom Inc 4.54%
Meta Platforms Inc 4.34%
Amazon.com Inc 3.52%
Micron Technology Inc 3.27%
Advanced Micro Devices Inc 2.71%
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Side by side

PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF VOOG Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares Vanguard
What it is Tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities Tracks the S&P 500 Growth
Total return, 1 year −4.2% +12.1%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (MLRG) +12.1% (IVW)
Gap to its benchmark −17.8 pts vs MLRG 0.0 pts vs IVW
Expense ratio 0.45% 0.05%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 99.8%
Holdings 453 154
Net assets, PFF as of Oct 27, 2026 and VOOG as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.8bn $27.8bn

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

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About each fund
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.

VOOG

VOOG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.1% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.05% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 154 positions, with the top ten at 60.2%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PFF or VOOG?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −4.2% and VOOG +12.1%.
Which is cheaper, PFF or VOOG?
VOOG 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.
How much do PFF and VOOG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of PFF and 100% of VOOG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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PFF on its own →VOOG on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →PFF dividend history →PFF holdings →VOOG dividend history →VOOG holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
PFF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
PFF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for PFF ↗
VOOG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
VOOG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
Vanguard page for VOOG ↗

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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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