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PFF vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, PFF returned −4.2% to SPYG's +12.2%; 7% 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 $55.9bn for State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF.

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At a glance
−4.2%
PFF total return, 1 year
+12.2%
SPYG total return, 1 year
0.45%
PFF expense ratio
0.04%
SPYG expense ratio

Pair scorecard

SPYG costs 0.41 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 16.4 points; SPYG is 4.7 times larger.

PFF vs SPYG: Differences, Returns & Fees
MeasurePFFSPYG
Return
Total return, 1 year−4.2%+12.2%
Drawdown
Below its high7.1%, high on May 8, 20264.1%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
What it tracksICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities IndexS&P 500 Growth Index
Cost and size
Expense ratio0.45%0.04%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026$11.8bn$55.9bn
Holdings
Holdings in common7%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund22.7%59.6%

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

What they share

7%

By the books each fund has filed, PFF and SPYG hold 7% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

0 half 100%

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7% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PFF SPYG
ALPHABET INC 2.31% 5.21%
ALPHABET INC 2.26% 4.17%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.85% 1.68%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.50% 0.48%
MORGAN STANLEY 0.48% 0.38%
ORACLE CORPORATION 2.06% 0.33%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 0.25% 0.17%
BOEING CO 3.11% 0.16%
KKR & CO INC 1.08% 0.10%
APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.30% 0.08%
WR BERKLEY CORPORATION 0.11% 0.03%
Only in one fund ↓
Only in PFF
STRATEGY INC 3.53%
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CONV PR 2.36%
SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC 2.27%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY SERIES L 2.14%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.43%
CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII 1.22%
NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.06%
NEXTERA ENERGY UNITS 1.04%
Only in SPYG
NVIDIA CORP 14.61%
MICROSOFT CORP 10.93%
APPLE INC 7.01%
BROADCOM INC 4.51%
META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A 3.79%
AMAZON.COM INC 3.65%
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC 2.90%
ELI LILLY + CO 2.84%
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Side by side

PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF
Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF
Issuer iShares State Street
What it is Tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities Tracks the S&P 500 Growth
Total return, 1 year −4.2% +12.2%
Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (MLRG) +12.1% (IVW)
Gap to its benchmark −17.8 pts vs MLRG +0.1 pts vs IVW
Expense ratio 0.45% 0.04%
Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 100.0%
Holdings 453 152
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $11.8bn $55.9bn

PFF and SPYG 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.

SPYG

SPYG tracks the S&P 500 Growth. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +12.2% with distributions reinvested, against +12.1% for its benchmark, the S&P 500 Growth Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.04% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 100% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 152 positions, with the top ten at 59.6%. It sat 4.1% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PFF or SPYG?
In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −4.2% and SPYG +12.2%.
Which is cheaper, PFF or SPYG?
SPYG is cheaper, by 0.41 percentage points a year. That is about $41 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do PFF and SPYG overlap with the S&P 500?
By their latest filed holdings, 0% of PFF and 100% of SPYG by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.
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Where to next
PFF on its own →SPYG on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →PFF dividend history →PFF holdings →SPYG dividend history →SPYG holdings →Standards and sources →
Sources and dates
PFF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
PFF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
iShares page for PFF ↗
SPYG filings on SEC EDGAR ↗
SPYG prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗
State Street website ↗

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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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