ETF comparison
PFF vs PGX
Both Preferred Securities.
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF · Invesco Preferred ETF
Holdings overlap
266 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of PFF and PGX would leave roughly 51.2% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
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Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
PFF is 5 bps cheaper than PGX. On a $100,000 position that's about $50/yr more in fees for PGX.
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Top shared holdings
266 shared in total| # | Holding | In PFF | In PGX | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 0.95% | 1.78% | 0.95% |
| 2 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 0.83% | 1.52% | 0.83% |
| 3 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 0.76% | 1.40% | 0.76% |
| 4 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 0.70% | 1.32% | 0.70% |
| 5 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 0.70% | 1.31% | 0.70% |
| 6 | AT&T INC | 0.63% | 1.15% | 0.63% |
| 7 | JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY | 0.56% | 1.05% | 0.56% |
| 8 | CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP | 0.56% | 1.03% | 0.56% |
| 9 | AT&T INC | 0.55% | 1.00% | 0.55% |
| 10 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.51% | 0.99% | 0.51% |
| 11 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.51% | 0.98% | 0.51% |
| 12 | MORGAN STANLEY | 0.51% | 0.96% | 0.51% |
Only in PFF
189 total- BOEING COMPANY (THE) 3.93%
- STRATEGY INC 2.95%
- WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 2.33%
- ORACLE CORP 2.28%
- HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 1.76%
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP 1.45%
- CITIGROUP CAPITAL XIII 1.31%
- ALBEMARLE CORP 1.29%
- MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INC 1.16%
- NEXTERA ENERGY INC 1.12%
Only in PGX
5 total- M&T Bank Corp. 0.59%
- Public Storage 0.26%
- Santander Holdings USA, Inc. 0.12%
- Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio 0.00%
- Public Storage 0.00%
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matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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