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

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −4.2% and VTWO +14.3%.

Which is cheaper, PFF or VTWO?

VTWO 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 VTWO overlap with the S&P 500?

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

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

Across categories

PFF vs VTWO: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, PFF returned −4.2% to VTWO's +14.3%; 4% 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 $16.6bn on Sep 30, 2026 for Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF.

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At a glance

−4.2%

PFF total return, 1 year

+14.3%

VTWO total return, 1 year

0.45%

PFF expense ratio

0.06%

VTWO expense ratio

Pair scorecard

VTWO costs 0.39 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 18.5 points; VTWO is 1.3 times larger.

PFF vs VTWO: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	PFF	VTWO
Return
Measure	PFF	VTWO
Total return, 1 year	−4.2%	+14.3%
Drawdown
Measure	PFF	VTWO
Below its high	7.1%, high on May 8, 2026	7.5%, high on Aug 14, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	PFF	VTWO
What it tracks	ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index	Russell 2000 Index
Cost and size
Measure	PFF	VTWO
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.06%
Net assets, as of Sep 30, 2026	$12.3bn	$16.6bn
Holdings
Measure	PFF	VTWO
Holdings in common	4%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.7%	5.4%

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 VTWO hold 4% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026.

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4% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PFF VTWO

BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES UNITS 0.78% 0.31%

JACKSON FINANCIAL INC 0.28% 0.28%

UMB FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0.16% 0.32%

VSE CORP 0.19% 0.15%

ASSOCIATED BANC-CORP 0.15% 0.16%

NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP INT FXD 0.25% 0.12%

WESBANCO INC 0.12% 0.12%

TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS INC 0.24% 0.11%

TEXAS CAP BANCSHARES DRC INC 0.11% 0.13%

SL GREEN REALTY CORP 0.10% 0.12%

BANK OF HAWAII CORP 0.09% 0.09%

BANC OF CALIFORNIA INC 0.27% 0.09%

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Only in PFF

STRATEGY INC 3.53%

BOEING CO 3.11%

HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CONV PR 2.36%

ALPHABET INC 2.31%

SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 2.27%

ALPHABET INC 2.26%

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY SERIES L 2.14%

ORACLE CORPORATION 2.06%

Only in VTWO

SLBBH1142 2.36%

Twist Bioscience Corp 0.42%

Moog Inc 0.36%

10X Genomics Inc 0.35%

JFrog Ltd 0.35%

Glaukos Corp 0.31%

Viasat Inc 0.30%

Cytokinetics Inc 0.29%

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Side by side

PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares Vanguard

What it is Tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities Tracks the Russell 2000

Total return, 1 year −4.2% +14.3%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (MLRG) +14.1% (IWM)

Gap to its benchmark −17.8 pts vs MLRG +0.2 pts vs IWM

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.06%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 0.5%

Holdings 453 2002

Net assets, PFF as of Oct 27, 2026 and VTWO as of Sep 30, 2026 $11.8bn $16.6bn

PFF and VTWO 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.

VTWO

VTWO tracks the Russell 2000. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +14.3% with distributions reinvested, against +14.1% for its benchmark, the Russell 2000 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 2,002 positions, with the top ten at 5.4%. It sat 7.5% below its high of Aug 14, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PFF or VTWO?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −4.2% and VTWO +14.3%.
Which is cheaper, PFF or VTWO?: VTWO 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 VTWO overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of PFF and 0% of VTWO by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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

Sources and dates

PFF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PFF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for PFF ↗

VTWO filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

VTWO prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

Vanguard page for VTWO ↗

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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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