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FPE vs PFXF

Both Preferred Securities.

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

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
8.2 %

33 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FPE and PFXF would leave roughly 8.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FPE unmatched 90.7% Shared 8.2% PFXF unmatched 90.9%

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
226 positions
Shared
33 positions
In PFXF only
82 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%
PFXF

VanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF

VanEck · Preferred Securities

62 composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.40%
Net assets
$2.37B
TTM yield
6.29%
Top-10 conc.
42.1%

Sub-score comparison

17
Cost
60
60
Tax efficiency
60
90
Liquidity
73
93
Concentration
54
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Tracking quality
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FPE sub-score PFXF

Tracking quality isn't part of the composite — see what we don't score for 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 the cost calculator pre-filled with FPE vs PFXF.

Top shared holdings

33 shared in total
# Holding In FPE In PFXF Overlap
1 NEXTERA ENERGY CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC 1.33% 1.06% 1.06%
2 XCEL ENERGY INC 1.23% 1.06% 1.06%
3 DTE ENERGY COMPANY 0.98% 0.71% 0.71%
4 T-MOBILE USA INC 1.02% 0.41% 0.41%
5 T-MOBILE USA INC 0.80% 0.41% 0.41%
6 SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) 0.34% 0.71% 0.34%
7 CMS ENERGY CORP 0.34% 0.30% 0.30%
8 AT&T INC 0.29% 1.35% 0.29%
9 ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.26% 0.35% 0.26%
10 SEMPRA 0.25% 0.79% 0.25%
11 CMS ENERGY CORP 0.25% 0.69% 0.25%
12 T-MOBILE USA INC 0.22% 0.46% 0.22%

Only in FPE

226 total
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP 2.52%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 2.08%
  • 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%
  • COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL INC 1.05%

Only in PFXF

82 total
  • BOEING CO/THE 9.67%
  • STRATEGY INC 6.27%
  • ORACLE CORP 5.61%
  • HP ENTERPRISE CO 4.33%
  • ALBEMARLE CORP 3.18%
  • MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC 2.85%
  • NEXTERA ENERGY INC 2.75%
  • NEXTERA ENERGY INC 2.65%
  • SOUTHERN CO 2.49%
  • BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERV 2.29%

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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.