# PFF (iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF)

iShares · Bond ETFs · Preferred stock · data as of Oct 28, 2026

PFF returned −4.2% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.45% a year and holds $11.8bn in net assets on Oct 27, 2026.

Promise check: Not measured. No other ETF tracks the index it names, so its tracking cannot be measured. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/bonds/

PFF tracks an index of Preferred and Income Securities and returned −4.2% over the past year.

## Key facts

- PFF, total return, 1 year: −4.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- PFF, expense ratio: 0.45%, as of Jul 27, 2026.
- PFF, holdings: 453, as of Oct 27, 2026.
- PFF, below its high: −7.1%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- PFF, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 5.2%, as of Oct 28, 2026.
- PFF, last payment (paid monthly), ex-date Oct 1, 2026: $0.1594, as of Oct 1, 2026.
- PFF, net assets: $11.8bn (the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026).

## PFF over each window to Oct 28, 2026

| Window | Total return | Benchmark (MLRG) | Gap to MLRG | S&P 500 (SPY) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 month | −2.2% | +0.9% | −3.1 pts | +0.9% |
| 3 months | −3.0% | +6.3% | −9.3 pts | +6.1% |
| 6 months | −5.1% | +9.4% | −14.5 pts | +9.1% |
| Year to date | −3.3% | +14.3% | −17.6 pts | +14.1% |
| 1 year | −4.2% | +13.6% | −17.8 pts | +13.6% |
| 3 years | +21.4% | +96.2% | −74.8 pts | +95.0% |
| 5 years | −1.8% | +76.5% | −78.3 pts | +79.8% |
| 10 years | +29.9% | +297.1% | −267.2 pts | +325.8% |
| Since launch | +94.6% | not available | not available | +677.0% |
| Since launch, annualised | +3.5% | – | – | – |

## PFF key stats

- 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $31.94 on Jan 22, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $28.72 on Oct 26, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $28.76, 1% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices)
- Holdings: 453
- Top ten weight: 22.7%

## PFF trading

- IQ Liquidity Score 90, Trades like a giant, 73rd percentile of 200 bonds ETFs.
- Trades like a giant: trades at a typical spread of 0.03%.
- $1,000: at least $0.17, 0.017%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- $10,000: at least $1.73, 0.017%, one way, half a one-cent tick.
- Full cost to own, 1 year at $10,000: 0.57%, against 0.45% for the fee alone.
- Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.07%; 95% of days within ±0.25%.
- Limit: midpoint + 1¢ to buy, midpoint − 1¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $28.82, that’s $28.83 to buy and $28.81 to sell.
- The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/pff/trading/

## Every published field

| Field | Value | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it tracks | ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index | ETFIQ |
| Fund type | Equity fund | ETFIQ |
| Category | Bonds · Preferred stock | ETFIQ |
| Expense ratio | 0.45% | 485BPOS XBRL, Jul 27, 2026 |
| Price | $28.76 | ETFIQ |
| First traded | Mar 30, 2007 | ETFIQ |
| Net assets | $11.8bn | the issuer’s own daily fund list, as of Oct 27, 2026 |
| Benchmark | MSCI USA Index, measured by MLRG, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings |
| Benchmark named in | its shareholder report, N-CSR, Jun 4, 2026 | ETFIQ |
| PFF, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | −4.2% | ETFIQ |
| MLRG, the same days | +13.6% | ETFIQ |
| Against its benchmark, 1 year | −17.8 pts | ETFIQ |
| Below its high | −7.1% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings | 453 | ETFIQ |
| Top ten weight | 22.7% | ETFIQ |
| Holdings published for | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |
| Holdings as of the close of | Oct 27, 2026 | the issuer’s daily file |
| Already in the S&P 500, by weight | 0.0% | ETFIQ |
| Active share vs the S&P 500 | 100.0% | ETFIQ |
| Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight | 0.0% | ETFIQ |

## Money in and out, to Oct 23, 2026

| Window | Dates | Net flow |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 week | Oct 21, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$47.6m |
| 1 month | Sep 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$194m |
| 3 months | Jul 28, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$665m |
| Year to date | Jan 2, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$1.3bn |
| 1 year | Oct 28, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026 | −$1.6bn |

Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: <https://etfiq.com/data/flows/funds/pff.json>. Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows

## Questions

### How has PFF performed?

Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, PFF returned −4.2% with distributions reinvested, against +13.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. Over three years the number is +21.4%.

### What does PFF cost?

The prospectus expense ratio is 0.45% a year.

### What does PFF hold?

453 positions as published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, with the top ten at 22.7% of the fund. 0% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds.

### How far is PFF below its high?

7.1% below its high of May 8, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026.


## Cite this page

ETFIQ, PFF, bond fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/pff
Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at <https://etfiq.com/data/>.

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