ETF comparison

FPEvsPFXF

Both Preferred Securities.

First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF · VanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
8.1%

34 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FPE and PFXF would leave roughly8.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FPE only 90.7%Shared 8.1%PFXF only 93.7%
In FPE only
225 positions
Shared
34 positions
In PFXF only
82 positions

Side by side

FPE

First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF

First Trust · Preferred Securities

56composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.83%
Net assets
$6.29B
TTM yield
6.07%
Top-10 conc.
14.9%
PFXF

VanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF

VanEck · Preferred Securities

62composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$2.42B
TTM yield
6.24%
Top-10 conc.
42.4%

Sub-score comparison

17
Cost
60
61
Tax efficiency
61
91
Liquidity
73
93
Concentration
54
Tracking quality
FPEsub-scorePFXF

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — seewhat we don't scorefor why.

Cost difference

PFXF is 43 bps cheaper than FPE. On a $100,000 position that's about $430/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 thecost calculator pre-filled with FPE vs PFXF.

Top shared holdings

34 shared in total
#HoldingIn FPEIn PFXFOverlap
1NEXTERA ENERGY CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC1.40%1.06%1.06%
2XCEL ENERGY INC1.25%1.06%1.06%
3DTE ENERGY COMPANY1.01%0.71%0.71%
4T-MOBILE USA INC1.09%0.41%0.41%
5T-MOBILE USA INC0.85%0.41%0.41%
6SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE)0.33%0.71%0.33%
7CMS ENERGY CORP0.35%0.30%0.30%
8SEMPRA0.26%0.79%0.26%
9ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC0.24%0.35%0.24%
10AT&T INC0.24%1.35%0.24%
11CMS ENERGY CORP0.22%0.69%0.22%
12TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LTD0.21%0.43%0.21%

Only in FPE

225 total
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP2.52%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY2.07%
  • BARCLAYS PLC1.65%
  • JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY1.35%
  • CREDIT AGRICOLE SA1.23%
  • CITIGROUP INC1.20%
  • BNP PARIBAS SA1.13%
  • COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL INC1.08%
  • CHARLES SCHWAB CORP (THE)1.07%
  • HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP INC (THE)1.06%

Only in PFXF

82 total
  • BOEING CO/THE9.67%
  • STRATEGY INC6.27%
  • ORACLE CORP5.61%
  • HP ENTERPRISE CO4.33%
  • ALBEMARLE CORP3.18%
  • MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC2.85%
  • NEXTERA ENERGY INC2.75%
  • NEXTERA ENERGY INC2.65%
  • State Street Global Advisors2.58%
  • SOUTHERN CO2.49%

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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.