ETF comparison
PFFDvsVRP
Both Preferred Securities.
Global X U.S. Preferred ETF · Invesco Variable Rate Preferred ETF
Holdings overlap
40 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PFFD and VRP would leave roughly7.6%of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
PFFD is 27 bps cheaper than VRP. On a $100,000 position that's about $270/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 PFFD vs VRP.
Top shared holdings
40 shared in total| # | Holding | In PFFD | In VRP | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII | 2.20% | 0.92% | 0.92% |
| 2 | BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 0.39% | 0.39% | 0.39% |
| 3 | THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. | 0.87% | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| 4 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.48% | 0.32% | 0.32% |
| 5 | ATHENE HOLDING LTD. | 0.70% | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| 6 | U.S. BANCORP | 0.62% | 0.28% | 0.28% |
| 7 | REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED | 0.58% | 0.26% | 0.26% |
| 8 | APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT, INC. | 0.51% | 0.23% | 0.23% |
| 9 | KEYCORP | 0.50% | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 10 | THE GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP, INC. | 0.48% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 11 | ATHENE HOLDING LTD. | 0.47% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
| 12 | JACKSON FINANCIAL INC. | 0.47% | 0.21% | 0.21% |
Only in PFFD
185 total- THE BOEING COMPANY4.70%
- HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY2.71%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY2.25%
- MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED1.76%
- NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.1.71%
- KKR & CO. INC.1.70%
- THE SOUTHERN COMPANY1.64%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION1.30%
- NEXTERA ENERGY, INC.1.20%
- AT&T INC.1.07%
Only in VRP
304 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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