VanEck Vectors® Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF
PFXF NYSE Arca
The VanEck Vectors® Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF (PFXF®) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Wells Fargo® Hybrid and Preferred Securities ex Financials Index. The Index is intended to track the overall performance of...
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- Fund size
- 767M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.41% per year
- Dividend yield
- 6.37% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 11.2% High Risk
- Beta
- 0.46 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 16.1718.61
How PFXF 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, PFXF returned +5.6% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +5.8 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 ±11% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −10.5% on Oct 30, 2026 — 150 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 23% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.46 means PFXF 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 average17.00 −2.0%
- 26-day average17.21 −3.2%
- 50-day average17.39 −4.2%
- 200-day average17.44 −4.5%
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
US Equity · Dividend Yield — tracking the Wells Fargo® Hybrid and Preferred Securities ex Financials Index.
- Assets under management767MUSD
- Expense ratio0.41%per year
- Holdings133
- Risk score2.8Low
Launched July 2012. Fund data as of Feb 28, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 64 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 1.06
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Oct 1, 2026
Last 12 months
1.06 USD / shareWhere PFXF shows up
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About VanEck Vectors® Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF
The VanEck Vectors® Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF (PFXF®) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Wells Fargo® Hybrid and Preferred Securities ex Financials Index. The Index is intended to track the overall performance of U.S.-listed preferred securities excluding those with a financial sector classification, including securities that, in Wells Fargo Securities LLC's judgment, are functionally equivalent to preferred securities such as convertible securities, depository preferred securities and perpetual subordinated debt.
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 133 holdings
- Ticker
- PFXF
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US92189F4292
- CUSIP
- 92189F429
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- US Equity
- Industry
- Dividend Yield
- Benchmark
- Wells Fargo® Hybrid and Preferred Securities ex Financials 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.