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Vanguard vs Prudential/PGIM: how alike they voted, 2025-2026

93.9% When both took a single position, they voted the same way on 93.9% of 32,675 items (30,693 the same, 1,982 different). 3,169 items where at least one of them split its funds are listed separately below. Both voted on 35,844 items in all.

Vanguard 2025-2026 · Prudential/PGIM 2025-2026 · Download the item list (CSV)

By who put the item on the ballot. “Same position” = Same / (Same + Differ); split items are not in it. “Fund-level” is a second view over all common items: the chance that a fund of each manager, picked at random, voted the same way, which gives partial credit where a manager split.
	Common items	Same	Differ	Split (not in %)	Same position	Fund-level
All ballot items	35,844	30,693	1,982	3,169	93.9%	90.7%
Board proposals	32,454	27,804	1,865	2,785	93.7%	90.6%
E&S shareholder proposals	199	144	6	49	96.0%	85.6%
Other items	3,191	2,745	111	335	96.1%	91.3%

Where they did not vote alike

Everything Voted differently Split votes

All ballot items Board proposals E&S shareholder proposals Other items

6 items. “Voted differently”: each manager’s funds all voted one way, and the two ways differ. “Split”: at least one manager’s funds did not all vote the same way.

Company	Meeting	Proposal	On the ballot from	Board recommended	Vanguard	Prudential/PGIM
FASTENAL COMPANY	April 23, 2026	Shareholder proposal relating to an EEO-1 reporting disclosure policy, if properly presented at the annual meeting. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	None	AGAINST 40 funds	FOR 5 funds
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings Inc.	May 12, 2026	Proposal No. 4: Vote on a stockholder proposal regarding transparency in political spending. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 1 fund	FOR 2 funds
META PLATFORMS, INC.	May 27, 2026	A shareholder proposal regarding data protection impact assessment on generative AI chatbots. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 19 funds	FOR 31 funds
Palantir Technologies Inc.	June 3, 2026	Stockholder proposal entitled "Human Rights Impact Assessment", if properly presented at the Annual Meeting. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 4 funds	AGAINST 22 funds
Palantir Technologies Inc.	June 3, 2026	Stockholder proposal entitled "Independent Report on Due Diligence Process", if properly presented at the Annual Meeting. Human Rights or Human Capital/workforce	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	FOR 4 funds	AGAINST 22 funds
TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	May 5, 2026	Shareholder Proposal Regarding Political Spending. Other Social Issues	Shareholder (E&S)	Against	AGAINST 34 funds	FOR 5 funds

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How items are matched and positions counted: see the comparison table and the methodology. Built October 13, 2026 from SEC Form N-PX filings.