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PFFiShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF

Get income19y track recordRanked #162 of 1,650 in this goal

Tracks the investment results of the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index.

By iShares · Launched 2007

Annual Cost

0.45%

#2,233 of 5,853 · average

Fund Size

$13.1B

#227 of 5,853 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

5.60%

Track Record

19 years

#447 of 5,853 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$10,129+1.3%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Fixed income

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 18.4% of fundwell diversified

Boeing Co.
4.0%
Oracle Corp.
2.4%
Wells Fargo & Co.
2.3%
Albemarle Corp
1.8%
Strategy Inc.
1.5%
Citigroup Capital XIII
1.4%
Bank of America Corp.
1.3%
BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS
1.3%
BLACKROCK GLOBAL
1.3%
NextEra Energy Inc
1.2%

Asset allocation

Preferred
92.5%
Stocks
5.4%
Cash
1.5%
Other
0.3%
Convertible
0.3%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
7.3%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-34.1%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.25Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.35Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Duration

5.8 years

Credit ratings

US Government
0.0%

Listing

Exchange
NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the investment results of the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index.
Strategy
Invests primarily in U.S. dollar-denominated preferred and hybrid securities, seeking to track the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index. Includes large-, mid-, and small-cap companies, with a significant portion in the financials sector and exposure to non-U.S. issuers.
Inception date
March 26, 2007
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-08-02