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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −4.2% and VT +13.5%.

Which is cheaper, PFF or VT?

VT is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do PFF and VT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of PFF and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

PFF vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, PFF returned −4.2% to VT's +13.5%; 8% 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 $81.8bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF.

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At a glance

−4.2%

PFF total return, 1 year

+13.5%

VT total return, 1 year

0.45%

PFF expense ratio

0.06%

VT expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VT costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.7 points; VT is 6.7 times larger.

PFF vs VT: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	PFF	VT
Return
Measure	PFF	VT
Total return, 1 year	−4.2%	+13.5%
Drawdown
Measure	PFF	VT
Below its high	7.1%, high on May 8, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	PFF	VT
What it tracks	ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index	FTSE Global All Cap Index
Cost and size
Measure	PFF	VT
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$12.3bn	$81.8bn
Holdings
Measure	PFF	VT
Holdings in common	8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.7%	22.5%

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

What they share

By the books each fund has filed, PFF and VT hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PFF VT

ALPHABET INC 2.31% 1.73%

ALPHABET INC 2.26% 1.36%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.85% 0.75%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.43% 0.30%

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY SERIES L 2.14% 0.21%

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.50% 0.21%

ORACLE CORPORATION 2.06% 0.20%

CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII 1.22% 0.18%

MORGAN STANLEY 0.48% 0.18%

BITMINE IMMERSION TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.17% 0.17%

AT&T INC 0.53% 0.14%

CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION (THE) 0.32% 0.14%

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Only in PFF

NEXTERA ENERGY UNITS 1.04%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.75%

NEXTERA ENERGY UNITS 0.73%

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.69%

JPMORGAN CHASE AND CO DS REPSTG T 0.65%

JPMORGAN CHASE NON-CUMULATIVE PREF 0.64%

STRIVE INC 0.56%

JPMORGAN CHASE DRC 0.51%

Only in VT

NVIDIA Corp 4.54%

Apple Inc 4.11%

Microsoft Corp 3.25%

Amazon.com Inc 2.06%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd 1.62%

Broadcom Inc 1.39%

Meta Platforms Inc 1.36%

Micron Technology Inc 1.02%

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Side by side

PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities Tracks an index of Total World Stock

Total return, 1 year −4.2% +13.5%

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

Gap to its benchmark −17.8 pts vs MLRG not measured

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 54.7%

Holdings 453 10194

Net assets, PFF as of Oct 27, 2026 and VT as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.8bn $81.8bn

PFF and VT 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.

VT tracks an index of Total World Stock. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.5% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10,194 positions, with the top ten at 22.5%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PFF or VT?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −4.2% and VT +13.5%.
Which is cheaper, PFF or VT?: VT is cheaper, by 0.39 percentage points a year. That is about $39 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do PFF and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of PFF and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

PFF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PFF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for PFF ↗

VT filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VT prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VT ↗

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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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