ETF comparison

PFFvsPGX

Both Preferred Securities.

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF · Invesco Preferred ETF

Holdings overlap

Weighted by ISIN/CUSIP
50.7%

264 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PFF and PGX would leave roughly50.7%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.

PFF only 48.0%Shared 50.7%PGX only 49.1%
In PFF only
191 positions
Shared
264 positions
In PGX only
2 positions

Side by side

PFF

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF

iShares · Preferred Securities

72composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.45%
Net assets
$13.02B
TTM yield
5.48%
Top-10 conc.
19.6%
PGX

Invesco Preferred ETF

Invesco · Preferred Securities

67composite / 100
Expense ratio
0.50%
Net assets
$3.73B
TTM yield
6.62%
Top-10 conc.
13.1%

Sub-score comparison

55
Cost
50
62
Tax efficiency
60
100
Liquidity
81
86
Concentration
96
Tracking quality
PFFsub-scorePGX

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

Cost difference

PFF is 5 bps cheaper than PGX. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for PGX.

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 PFF vs PGX.

Top shared holdings

264 shared in total
#HoldingIn PFFIn PGXOverlap
1JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY0.95%1.77%0.95%
2JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY0.83%1.54%0.83%
3WELLS FARGO & COMPANY0.76%1.42%0.76%
4JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY0.70%1.31%0.70%
5JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY0.70%1.31%0.70%
6AT&T INC0.63%1.22%0.63%
7JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY0.56%1.05%0.56%
8CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP0.56%1.04%0.56%
9AT&T INC0.55%1.05%0.55%
10MORGAN STANLEY0.51%0.97%0.51%
11MORGAN STANLEY0.51%0.95%0.51%
12MORGAN STANLEY0.51%0.95%0.51%

Only in PFF

191 total
  • BOEING COMPANY (THE)3.93%
  • STRATEGY INC2.95%
  • WELLS FARGO & COMPANY2.33%
  • ORACLE CORP2.28%
  • HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY1.76%
  • BANK OF AMERICA CORP1.45%
  • CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII1.31%
  • ALBEMARLE CORP1.29%
  • MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC1.16%
  • NEXTERA ENERGY INC1.12%

Only in PGX

2 total
  • Qwest Corp.0.73%
  • Qwest Corp.0.50%

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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.