iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF
PFF NYSE Arca
With iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF, gain exposure to U.S. preferred stocks, which have characteristics of bonds (pay a fixed dividend) and stocks (represent ownership in a company), access the domestic preferred stock market in a single fund and pursue income that can be competitive with high yi...
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- Fund size
- 16.7B as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.47% per year
- Dividend yield
- 5.59% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 7.6% Above Average
- Beta
- 0.37 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 28.9030.97
How PFF has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 12Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, PFF returned +3.7% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +5.5 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±8% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −5.7% on Oct 12, 2026 — 157 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 4% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.37 means PFF has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Downtrend- 12-day average29.45 −0.9%
- 26-day average29.63 −1.5%
- 50-day average29.82 −2.1%
- 200-day average29.95 −2.5%
The price is above 0 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is below the 200-day, a sign of a falling longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
OversoldRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Corporate Investment Grade · Broad Maturities — tracking the S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index.
- Assets under management16.7BUSD
- Expense ratio0.47%per year
- Holdings487
- Risk score2.8Low
Launched March 2007. Listed options available. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 56 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.63
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Oct 1, 2026
Last 12 months
1.63 USD / shareWhere PFF shows up
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About iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF
With iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF, gain exposure to U.S. preferred stocks, which have characteristics of bonds (pay a fixed dividend) and stocks (represent ownership in a company), access the domestic preferred stock market in a single fund and pursue income that can be competitive with high yield bonds
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 487 holdings
- Ticker
- PFF
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US4642886877
- CUSIP
- 464288687
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Corporate Investment Grade
- Industry
- Broad Maturities
- Benchmark
- S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 12, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.