PFF
iShares Preferred & Income Securities ETF
iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index.
Preferred Stock
FIXED INCOME
Rules-Based
MANAGEMENT STYLE
14.2 B
ASSETS UNDER MGMT
46 bp
EXPENSES
Fund Basics
Fund sponsor | Barclays Global Fund Advisors |
Category | Preferred Stock |
Asset class | Fixed Income |
Website | link... |
Inception date | Mar 26, 2007 |
Assets (mns) | $14,109 |
Expense ratio | 46 bp |
Fund Structure
Regulation | Open-Ended Fund |
Distributions | Monthly |
Taxation | 1099 |
Derivatives-based | No |
Options available | Yes |
Currency hedged | No |
Fund of funds | No |
Asset Allocation
Historical Performance
Standardized Performance (as of 07/31/2025)
YTD | 1 YR | 2 YR | 3 YR | 5 YR | 10 YR | 20 YR | Incep. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Price Returns | -0.6% | -1.5% | 0.0% | -3.5% | -2.9% | -2.3% | -- | -2.5% |
Dividend Yield | 0.0% | 2.0% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 4.8% | 5.3% | -- | 6.1% |
Total Returns | -0.6% | 0.6% | 4.4% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 2.9% | -- | 3.5% | Ann. Volatility | 10.4% | 9.6% | 9.3% | 11.2% | 10.5% | 12.7% | -- | 19.1% |
Market Correlations
versus... | Beta | R-squared |
S&P 500 | 0.50 | 44% |
MSCI EAFE | 0.52 | 52% |
MSCI Emg Mkts | 0.45 | 42% |
Liquidity Measures
Avg. volume (000) | 3,847 |
ADV traded (mns) | $120 |
Turnover | 0.9% |
Avg. Bid/Ask (% of price) | 0.03% |
Technical Indicators
Recent close | $31.21 |
30d moving avg. | $30.96 |
Annualized volatility | 11.6% |
Relative strength (RSI) | 55 |
Short interest | 1.4% |
Distributions
Assets Under Management (mns)
Money Flows (mns)
Short Interest (as % of shares outstanding)
Long Money Flows (mns)
Expense Analysis
Peer Group | Rules-Based Preferred Stock Fixed Income ETFs |
# of ETFs | 12 |
Avg. Expense Ratio | 43.4 bp |
Std. Deviation | 9.4 bp |
PFF (46 bp) Percentile rank | 61 |
Peer Group Expense Ratio Distribution
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Comparison
Expense (bp) (A) |
Avg. Bid/Ask (bp) (B) |
TCO (bp) (A)+(B) |
|
---|---|---|---|
PFF | 46.0 | 3.4 | 49.4 |
Peer Avg. | 58.2 | 24.1 | 82.3 |
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