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

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PVAL returned +28.4% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so PVAL 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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PVAL vs VGLT: how they differ

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

Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF and Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, PVAL 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 PVAL	Only in VGLT
CISCO SYSTEMS INC 6.06%	JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.62%
CITIGROUP INC 4.68%	Mexico Government International Bond 0.50%
EXXON MOBIL CORP 3.66%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.49%
ALPHABET INC 3.33%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC 3.09%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.48%
SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS PLC 3.08%	Mexico Government International Bond 0.48%
AMAZON.COM INC 2.96%	United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.44%
MICROSOFT CORP 2.96%	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 May 29, 2026.

PVAL and VGLT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	PVAL Putnam Focused Large Cap Value ETF	VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Index Fund
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	Putnam	Vanguard
What it is	Putnam Focused Large Cap Value	Long-term Treasury
Total return, 1 year	+28.4%	−5.4%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+10.8 pts	−22.9 pts
Holdings	45	1703

PVAL in plain words

PVAL is an index equity fund tracking the Putnam Focused Large Cap Value. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +28.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. By its holdings filed for May 29, 2026, 95% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 45 positions, with the top ten at 35.6%.

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, PVAL or VGLT?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PVAL returned +28.4% and VGLT returned −5.4%, so PVAL returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

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