ETF comparison
PFF vs PFXF
Both Preferred Securities.
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF · VanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF
Holdings overlap
115 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PFF and PFXF would leave roughly 40.9% 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
PFXF is 5 bps cheaper than PFF. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/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 PFXF.
Top shared holdings
115 shared in total| # | Holding | In PFF | In PFXF | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BOEING COMPANY (THE) | 3.93% | 9.67% | 3.93% |
| 2 | STRATEGY INC | 2.95% | 6.27% | 2.95% |
| 3 | ORACLE CORP | 2.28% | 5.61% | 2.28% |
| 4 | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY | 1.76% | 4.33% | 1.76% |
| 5 | ALBEMARLE CORP | 1.29% | 3.18% | 1.29% |
| 6 | MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC | 1.16% | 2.85% | 1.16% |
| 7 | NEXTERA ENERGY INC | 1.12% | 2.75% | 1.12% |
| 8 | NEXTERA ENERGY INC | 1.08% | 2.65% | 1.08% |
| 9 | SOUTHERN COMPANY (THE) | 1.01% | 2.49% | 1.01% |
| 10 | BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC | 0.93% | 2.29% | 0.93% |
| 11 | NEXTERA ENERGY INC | 0.76% | 1.86% | 0.76% |
| 12 | PG&E CORP | 0.68% | 1.66% | 0.68% |
Only in PFF
340 total- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 2.33%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.45%
- CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII 1.31%
- KKR & CO. INC 1.05%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 0.95%
- APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.89%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 0.83%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.76%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 0.70%
- JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY 0.70%
Only in PFXF
0 totalEvery PFXF position is also held by PFF.
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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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