Which returned more over the last year, PFF or URTH?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −4.2% and URTH +13.1%.

Which is cheaper, PFF or URTH?

URTH is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do PFF and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 0% of PFF and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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PFF vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, PFF returned −4.2% to URTH's +13.1%; 10% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets: $11.8bn on Oct 27, 2026 for iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF, and $8.9bn on Oct 28, 2026 for iShares MSCI World ETF.

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At a glance

−4.2%

PFF total return, 1 year

+13.1%

URTH total return, 1 year

0.45%

PFF expense ratio

0.24%

URTH expense ratio

Pair scorecard

URTH costs 0.21 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 17.3 points; PFF is 1.3 times larger.

PFF vs URTH: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	PFF	URTH
Return
Measure	PFF	URTH
Total return, 1 year	−4.2%	+13.1%
Drawdown
Measure	PFF	URTH
Below its high	7.1%, high on May 8, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	PFF	URTH
What it tracks	ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index	MSCI World Index
Cost and size
Measure	PFF	URTH
Expense ratio	0.45%	0.24%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$11.8bn	$8.8bn
Holdings
Measure	PFF	URTH
Holdings in common	10%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	22.7%	27.2%

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

What they share

10%

By the books each fund has filed, PFF and URTH hold 10% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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10% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first PFF URTH

ALPHABET INC 2.31% 2.07%

ALPHABET INC 2.26% 1.62%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.85% 0.98%

BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.43% 0.36%

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.50% 0.29%

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY SERIES L 2.14% 0.28%

ORACLE CORPORATION 2.06% 0.25%

MORGAN STANLEY 0.48% 0.24%

CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII 1.22% 0.23%

NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.06% 0.19%

BITMINE IMMERSION TECHNOLOGIES INC 0.17% 0.20%

AT&T INC 0.53% 0.16%

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NEXTERA ENERGY UNITS 1.04%

ALBEMARLE CORP 1.02%

BRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES UNITS 0.78%

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.75%

NEXTERA ENERGY UNITS 0.73%

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 0.69%

JPMORGAN CHASE AND CO DS REPSTG T 0.65%

JPMORGAN CHASE NON-CUMULATIVE PREF 0.64%

Only in URTH

APPLE 5.60%

NVIDIA 5.50%

MICROSOFT 4.12%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.69%

BROADCOM INC 1.70%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 1.49%

TESLA INC 1.28%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 1.15%

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Side by side

PFF iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF URTH iShares MSCI World ETF

Where it sits Bond ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities Tracks the MSCI World

Total return, 1 year −4.2% +13.1%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.6% (MLRG) +13.4% (ACWI)

Gap to its benchmark −17.8 pts vs MLRG −0.3 pts vs ACWI

Expense ratio 0.45% 0.24%

Already in the S&P 500 0.0% 69.1%

Holdings 453 1254

Net assets, PFF as of Oct 27, 2026 and URTH as of Oct 28, 2026 $11.8bn $8.9bn

PFF and URTH 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.

URTH

URTH tracks the MSCI World. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +13.1% with distributions reinvested, against +13.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.24% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 69% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 1,254 positions, with the top ten at 27.2%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, PFF or URTH?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, PFF returned −4.2% and URTH +13.1%.
Which is cheaper, PFF or URTH?: URTH is cheaper, by 0.21 percentage points a year. That is about $21 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do PFF and URTH overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 0% of PFF and 69% of URTH by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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PFF on its own →URTH on its own →Hold both: look the portfolio through →Rankings →PFF dividend history →PFF holdings →URTH dividend history →URTH holdings →Standards and sources →

Sources and dates

PFF filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

PFF prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for PFF ↗

URTH filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

URTH prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

iShares page for URTH ↗

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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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