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PFF vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, PFF returned −4.2% to RDVY's +17.6%; 8% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $11.8bn for iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF and $25.4bn for First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF.

PFF on its own →RDVY on its own →
At a glance
−4.2%
PFF total return, 1 year
+17.6%
RDVY total return, 1 year
0.45%
PFF expense ratio
0.47%
RDVY expense ratio

Pair scorecard

PFF costs 0.02 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 21.8 points; RDVY is 2.2 times larger.

PFF vs RDVY: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasurePFFRDVY
Return
Total return, 1 year−4.2%+17.6%
Drawdown
Below its high7.1%, high on May 8, 20265.3%, high on Aug 13, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities IndexNasdaq US Rising Dividend Achievers Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.45%0.47%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$11.8bn$25.4bn
Holdings
Holdings in common8%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.7%22.1%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

8%

By the books each fund has filed, PFF and RDVY hold 8% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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8% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PFF RDVY
ALPHABET INC 2.31% 1.82%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY SERIES L 2.14% 1.49%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.43% 1.79%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.85% 2.03%
CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII 1.22% 0.49%
ALLSTATE CORPORATION (THE) 0.43% 2.17%
US BANCORP 0.35% 2.08%
CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION (THE) 0.32% 1.36%
SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL 0.27% 1.95%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.25% 2.14%
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION 0.25% 1.96%
STATE STREET CORP 0.20% 0.63%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in PFF
STRATEGY INC 3.53%
BOEING CO 3.11%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CONV PR 2.36%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 2.27%
ALPHABET INC 2.26%
ORACLE CORPORATION 2.06%
KKR & CO INC 1.08%
NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.06%
Only in RDVY
The Travelers Companies, Inc. 2.42%
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 2.32%
Visa Inc. (Class A) 2.26%
Microsoft Corporation 2.22%
Accenture plc 2.19%
Expedia Group, Inc. 2.13%
NVIDIA Corporation 2.13%
Chubb Limited 2.12%
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Side by side

PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF RDVY First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares First Trust
What it is Tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities Tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers
Total return, 1 year −4.2% +17.6%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (MLRG) +13.7% (VOO)
Gap to its benchmark −17.8 pts vs MLRG +3.9 pts vs VOO
Expense ratio 0.45% 0.47%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 94.3%
Holdings 453 72
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.8bn $25.4bn

PFF and RDVY on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund
PFF

PFF tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned −4.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 0% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 453 positions, with the top ten at 22.7%. It sat 7.1% below its high of May 8, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

RDVY

RDVY tracks an index of Rising Dividend Achievers. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +17.6% with distributions reinvested, against +13.7% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.47% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 72 positions, with the top ten at 22.1%. It sat 5.3% below its high of Aug 13, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PFF or RDVY?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −4.2% and RDVY +17.6%.
Which is cheaper, PFF or RDVY?
PFF is cheaper, by 0.02 percentage points a year. That is about $2 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do PFF and RDVY overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of PFF and 94% of RDVY by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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PFF on its own →RDVY on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →PFF dividend history →PFF holdings →RDVY dividend history →RDVY holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
PFF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
PFF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for PFF ↗
RDVY filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
RDVY prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
First Trust page for RDVY ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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