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FPE vs PFFD

Both Preferred Securities.

First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF · Global X U.S. Preferred ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
15.7 %

76 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FPE and PFFD would leave roughly 15.7% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FPE unmatched 83.2% Shared 15.7% PFFD unmatched 84.1%

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
183 positions
Shared
76 positions
In PFFD only
149 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%
PFFD

Global X U.S. Preferred ETF

Global X · Preferred Securities

73 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.23%
Net assets
$2.11B
TTM yield
6.99%
Top-10 conc.
21.2%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
77
60
Tax efficiency
59
90
Liquidity
71
93
Concentration
84
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Tracking quality
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FPE sub-score PFFD

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

Cost difference

PFFD is 60 bps cheaper than FPE. On a $100,000 position that's about $600/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 PFFD.

Top shared holdings

76 shared in total
# Holding In FPE In PFFD Overlap
1 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 2.08% 2.25% 2.08%
2 NEXTERA ENERGY CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC 1.33% 0.71% 0.71%
3 XCEL ENERGY INC 1.23% 0.70% 0.70%
4 AEGON FUNDING COMPANY LLC 0.93% 0.60% 0.60%
5 ATHENE HOLDING LTD 0.49% 0.70% 0.49%
6 DTE ENERGY COMPANY 0.98% 0.49% 0.49%
7 ATHENE HOLDING LTD 0.71% 0.47% 0.47%
8 COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL INC 1.05% 0.45% 0.45%
9 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.43% 0.44% 0.43%
10 EQUITABLE HOLDINGS INC 0.42% 0.52% 0.42%
11 ATHENE HOLDING LTD 0.50% 0.42% 0.42%
12 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP INC 0.45% 0.35% 0.35%

Only in FPE

183 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 PFFD

149 total
  • THE BOEING COMPANY 4.70%
  • HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 2.71%
  • CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII 2.20%
  • MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1.76%
  • NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. 1.71%
  • KKR & CO. INC. 1.70%
  • THE SOUTHERN COMPANY 1.64%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.30%
  • NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. 1.20%
  • PG&E CORPORATION 1.06%

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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/.

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