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FPE vs PFF

Both Preferred Securities.

First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF · iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
14.7 %

102 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FPE and PFF would leave roughly 14.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FPE unmatched 84.2% Shared 14.7% PFF unmatched 83.9%

Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.

In FPE only
157 positions
Shared
102 positions
In PFF only
353 positions

Side by side

FPE

First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF

First Trust · Preferred Securities

55 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.83%
Net assets
$5.99B
TTM yield
6.41%
Top-10 conc.
14.9%
PFF

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF

iShares · Preferred Securities

72 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.45%
Net assets
$12.32B
TTM yield
5.67%
Top-10 conc.
19.6%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
55
60
Tax efficiency
62
90
Liquidity
100
93
Concentration
86
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Tracking quality
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FPE sub-score PFF

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for why.

Cost difference

PFF is 38 bps cheaper than FPE. On a $100,000 position that's about $380/yr more in fees for FPE.

Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with FPE vs PFF.

Top shared holdings

102 shared in total
# Holding In FPE In PFF Overlap
1 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 2.08% 2.33% 2.08%
2 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.43% 0.44% 0.43%
3 NEXTERA ENERGY CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC 1.33% 0.43% 0.43%
4 XCEL ENERGY INC 1.23% 0.43% 0.43%
5 ATHENE HOLDING LTD 0.49% 0.42% 0.42%
6 AEGON FUNDING COMPANY LLC 0.93% 0.35% 0.35%
7 EQUITABLE HOLDINGS INC 0.42% 0.32% 0.32%
8 DTE ENERGY COMPANY 0.98% 0.29% 0.29%
9 AT&T INC 0.29% 0.55% 0.29%
10 ATHENE HOLDING LTD 0.71% 0.29% 0.29%
11 SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 0.34% 0.29% 0.29%
12 COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL INC 1.05% 0.28% 0.28%

Only in FPE

157 total
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.52%
  • BARCLAYS PLC 1.67%
  • JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.35%
  • BNP PARIBAS SA 1.26%
  • CREDIT AGRICOLE SA 1.21%
  • CITIGROUP INC 1.20%
  • HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP INC (THE) 1.09%
  • CHARLES SCHWAB CORP (THE) 1.07%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE) 1.04%
  • AMERICAN AGCREDIT ACA 1.02%

Only in PFF

353 total
  • BOEING COMPANY (THE) 3.93%
  • STRATEGY INC 2.95%
  • ORACLE CORP 2.28%
  • HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1.76%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.45%
  • CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII 1.31%
  • ALBEMARLE CORP 1.29%
  • MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC 1.16%
  • NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.12%
  • NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.08%

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Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.

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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see /methodology/.

Comparing two funds doesn't endorse swapping one for the other. Tax-lot history, account type, and personal goals matter — PlainIndex publishes data and methodology, not investment advice.