PFFiShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF

Get income19y track recordRanked #157 of 1,622 in this goal

Seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated preferred and hybrid securities.

By iShares · Launched 2007

Annual Cost

0.45%

#2,223 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$13.8B

#205 of 5,562 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

5.54%

Track Record

19 years

#455 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$10,613+6.1%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Fixed income

Region

North america

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 17.8% of fund✓ well diversified

BOEING CO/THE

4.3%

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

2.3%

BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS

1.5%

STRATEGY INC

1.5%

ALBEMARLE CORP

1.5%

CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII

1.5%

KKR & CO INC

1.5%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP

1.4%

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT

1.2%

NEXTERA ENERGY INC

1.1%

Asset allocation

Preferred

93.4%

Stocks

5.6%

Cash

0.4%

Other

0.3%

Convertible

0.2%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

6.9%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-34.1%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.41Below average

Sortino (3Y)

0.58Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Duration

5.8 years

Credit ratings

US Government

0.1%

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NASDAQ Global Select Market

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated preferred and hybrid securities.
Strategy: Tracks the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index, which measures the performance of a select group of exchange-listed, U.S. dollar-denominated preferred and hybrid securities. The Fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its Underlying Index and may use representative sampling to manage the Fund.
Inception date: March 26, 2007
Fund family: iShares