ETF comparison
PFF vs PFFD
Both Preferred Securities.
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF · Global X U.S. Preferred ETF
Holdings overlap
222 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PFF and PFFD would leave roughly 66.8% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
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.
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Cost difference
PFFD is 22 bps cheaper than PFF. On a $100,000 position that's about $220/yr more in fees for PFF.
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 PFF vs PFFD.
Top shared holdings
222 shared in total| # | Holding | In PFF | In PFFD | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOEING COMPANY (THE) | 3.93% | 4.70% | 3.93% |
| 2 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 2.33% | 2.25% | 2.25% |
| 3 | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY | 1.76% | 2.71% | 1.76% |
| 4 | CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII | 1.31% | 2.20% | 1.31% |
| 5 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 1.45% | 1.30% | 1.30% |
| 6 | MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC | 1.16% | 1.76% | 1.16% |
| 7 | NEXTERA ENERGY INC | 1.08% | 1.71% | 1.08% |
| 8 | KKR & CO. INC | 1.05% | 1.70% | 1.05% |
| 9 | SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) | 1.01% | 1.64% | 1.01% |
| 10 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 0.95% | 1.02% | 0.95% |
| 11 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 0.83% | 0.89% | 0.83% |
| 12 | NEXTERA ENERGY INC | 0.76% | 1.20% | 0.76% |
Only in PFF
233 total- STRATEGY INC 2.95%
- ORACLE CORP 2.28%
- ALBEMARLE CORP 1.29%
- NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.12%
- BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC 0.93%
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.89%
- PPL CORP 0.57%
- STRATEGY INC 0.47%
- CITIGROUP INC 0.41%
- ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.37%
Only in PFFD
3 total- QWEST CORPORATION 0.62%
- FIDELITY COLCHESTER STR TR MONEY MKT GOV PORT 0.44%
- QWEST CORPORATION 0.42%
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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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