ETF comparison
PFFvsVRP
Both Preferred Securities.
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF · Invesco Variable Rate Preferred ETF
Holdings overlap
86 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PFF and VRP would leave roughly12.1%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
PFF is 5 bps cheaper than VRP. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for VRP.
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 VRP.
Top shared holdings
86 shared in total| # | Holding | In PFF | In VRP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII | 1.31% | 0.92% | 0.92% |
| 2 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP | 0.40% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 3 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE) | 0.52% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 4 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.42% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 5 | ATHENE HOLDING LTD | 0.42% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 6 | US BANCORP | 0.37% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 7 | ANNALY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | 0.37% | 0.27% | 0.27% |
| 8 | REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC | 0.36% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 9 | APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC | 0.31% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 10 | KEYCORP | 0.30% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 11 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC (THE) | 0.29% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | ATHENE HOLDING LTD | 0.29% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
Only in PFF
369 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%
- ALBEMARLE CORP1.29%
- MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC1.16%
- NEXTERA ENERGY INC1.12%
- NEXTERA ENERGY INC1.08%
Only in VRP
258 total- Bank of America Corp.1.12%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.1.10%
- Citigroup Inc.0.99%
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.0.94%
- Citigroup Inc.0.91%
- Bank of America Corp.0.91%
- BP Capital Markets PLC0.89%
- Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)0.85%
- CVS Health Corp.0.84%
- Bank of America Corp.0.83%
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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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