Global X U.S. Preferred ETF
PFFD NYSE Arca
The Global X U.S. Preferred ETF invests in a broad basket of U.S. preferred stocks, providing benchmark-like exposure to the asset class. PFFD invests in a broad basket of preferred stock in the U.S., an asset class that has historically offered high yield potential. PFFD’s expense ratio is less th...
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- Fund size
- 726M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.23% per year
- Dividend yield
- 7.07% Yearly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 7.8% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.37 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 16.9718.68
How PFFD has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Oct 30Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, PFFD returned +0.4% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +6.1 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 −9.1% on Oct 30, 2026 — 281 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 12% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.37 means PFFD 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 average17.18 −1.2%
- 26-day average17.35 −2.2%
- 50-day average17.59 −3.5%
- 200-day average17.97 −5.6%
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)
NeutralRSI 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
US Equity · Dividend Yield — tracking the ICE BofAML Diversified Core U.S. Preferred Securities Index.
- Assets under management726MUSD
- Expense ratio0.23%per year
- Holdings277
- Risk score2.5Low
Launched September 2017. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 71 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.20
- Frequency
- Yearly
- Last paid
- Oct 1, 2026
Last 12 months
1.20 USD / shareWhere PFFD shows up
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About Global X U.S. Preferred ETF
The Global X U.S. Preferred ETF invests in a broad basket of U.S. preferred stocks, providing benchmark-like exposure to the asset class. PFFD invests in a broad basket of preferred stock in the U.S., an asset class that has historically offered high yield potential. PFFD’s expense ratio is less than half the competitor average (as of 4/1/21, per ETF.com category: “Fixed Income: U.S. – Corporate, Preferred”)
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 277 holdings
- Ticker
- PFFD
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US37954Y6573
- CUSIP
- 37954Y657
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- Dividend Yield
- Benchmark
- ICE BofAML Diversified Core U.S. Preferred Securities Index
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Oct 30, 2026
Dataas of Feb 28, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.