ETF comparison

FPEvsVRP

Both Preferred Securities.

First Trust Preferred Securities and Income ETF · Invesco Variable Rate Preferred ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
21.6%

79 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of FPE and VRP would leave roughly21.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

FPE only 77.1%Shared 21.6%VRP only 76.2%
In FPE only
180 positions
Shared
79 positions
In VRP only
265 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%
VRP

Invesco Variable Rate Preferred ETF

Invesco · Preferred Securities

66composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$3.02B
TTM yield
6.13%
Top-10 conc.
13.6%

Sub-score comparison

17
Cost
50
61
Tax efficiency
61
91
Liquidity
77
93
Concentration
95
Tracking quality
FPEsub-scoreVRP

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

Cost difference

VRP is 33 bps cheaper than FPE. On a $100,000 position that's about $330/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 VRP.

Top shared holdings

79 shared in total
#HoldingIn FPEIn VRPOverlap
1BANK OF AMERICA CORP2.52%1.12%1.12%
2JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY1.35%0.94%0.94%
3CITIGROUP INC1.20%0.91%0.91%
4GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE)1.04%0.85%0.85%
5CHARLES SCHWAB CORP (THE)1.07%0.75%0.75%
6WELLS FARGO & COMPANY0.61%0.82%0.61%
7CITIGROUP INC0.57%0.99%0.57%
8PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC (THE)0.63%0.55%0.55%
9AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY INC0.58%0.54%0.54%
10ENBRIDGE INC0.54%0.51%0.51%
11SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE)0.50%0.66%0.50%
12GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE)0.49%0.72%0.49%

Only in FPE

180 total
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY2.07%
  • BARCLAYS PLC1.65%
  • NEXTERA ENERGY CAPITAL HOLDINGS INC1.40%
  • XCEL ENERGY INC1.25%
  • CREDIT AGRICOLE SA1.23%
  • BNP PARIBAS SA1.13%
  • T-MOBILE USA INC1.09%
  • COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL INC1.08%
  • HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP INC (THE)1.06%
  • BANK OF MONTREAL1.01%

Only in VRP

265 total
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co.1.10%
  • Citigroup Capital XIII0.92%
  • Bank of America Corp.0.91%
  • BP Capital Markets PLC0.89%
  • CVS Health Corp.0.84%
  • Bank of America Corp.0.83%
  • Vodafone Group PLC0.75%
  • Bank of America Corp.0.72%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co.0.72%
  • Charles Schwab Corp. (The)0.68%

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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.