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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
13.3 %

64 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FPE and PFFD would leave roughly 13.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FPE only 85.4% Shared 13.3% PFFD only 86.0%
In FPE only
195 positions
Shared
64 positions
In PFFD only
143 positions

Side by side

FPE

First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF

First Trust · Preferred Securities

56 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.83%
Net assets
$6.32B
TTM yield
5.93%
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
$2.15B
TTM yield
6.43%
Top-10 conc.
21.8%

Sub-score comparison

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Cost
77
61
Tax efficiency
60
91
Liquidity
71
93
Concentration
83
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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

64 shared in total
# Holding In FPE In PFFD Overlap
1 WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 2.07% 2.31% 2.07%
2 NEXTERA ENERGY CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC 1.40% 0.76% 0.76%
3 AEGON FUNDING COMPANY LLC 0.97% 0.63% 0.63%
4 DTE ENERGY COMPANY 1.01% 0.51% 0.51%
5 ATHENE HOLDING LTD 0.69% 0.49% 0.49%
6 ATHENE HOLDING LTD 0.49% 0.70% 0.49%
7 COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL INC 1.08% 0.48% 0.48%
8 EQUITABLE HOLDINGS INC 0.43% 0.56% 0.43%
9 ATHENE HOLDING LTD 0.58% 0.43% 0.43%
10 BANK OF AMERICA CORP 0.42% 0.43% 0.42%
11 AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP INC 0.46% 0.38% 0.38%
12 BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP (THE) 0.34% 0.43% 0.34%

Only in FPE

195 total
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.52%
  • BARCLAYS PLC 1.65%
  • JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 1.35%
  • XCEL ENERGY INC 1.25%
  • CREDIT AGRICOLE SA 1.23%
  • CITIGROUP INC 1.20%
  • BNP PARIBAS SA 1.13%
  • CHARLES SCHWAB CORP (THE) 1.07%
  • HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP INC (THE) 1.06%
  • GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE) 1.04%

Only in PFFD

143 total
  • THE BOEING COMPANY 4.64%
  • ALBEMARLE CORPORATION 3.00%
  • CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII 2.27%
  • NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. 1.89%
  • KKR & CO. INC. 1.76%
  • MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 1.72%
  • HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1.53%
  • NEXTERA ENERGY, INC. 1.32%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1.32%
  • PG&E CORPORATION 1.21%

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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.