iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF 

PFF tracks an index of preferred stock traded on the NYSE and NASDAQ. Securities are selected by rules-based, proprietary methods and weighted by market value.

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Big discounts to book value are delivering large dividend yields. The plunge in the market since early February created far more opportunities.

12% To 16% Dividend Yields At 17% To 64% Below Book Value

The iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF is an exchange-traded fund that invests primarily in preferred stocks. The vehicle represents a granular, diversified portfolio of banks' and industrial companies' preferred equities.

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American Tower

Crown Castle International

Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred & Income Fund

Digital Realty Trust

Eaton Vance Tax-Advantaged Global Dividend Income Fund

Microsoft

NXG NextGen Infrastructure Income Fund

Cohen & Steers Tax-Adv Pref Secs and Inc Fund

Tortoise Essential Assets Income Term Fund

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We share data on 40 big-yield preferred stock ETFs and CEFs, including a special focus on the popular iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (current yield is 5.8%). After diving into the details on PFF, we compare it to other preferred stock funds that offer higher yields, including both CEFs and ETFs.

PFF: 40 Big-Yield Preferred Funds Compared (CEF Versus ETF Edition)

AbbVie

Amgen

Clorox

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

iShares MSCI EAFE Value ETF

Fastenal

Home Depot

Johnson & Johnson

Kimberly-Clark

Lockheed Martin

McDonald's

Altria

Nuveen Build America Bond Fund

NextEra Energy

Invesco QQQ

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Proshares Short 20+ Year Treasury

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Texas Instruments

Reaves Utility Income Fund

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF

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Preferred shares have outperformed both equity and treasuries with a higher return and a lower standard deviation than both in 2023. Both history and financial theory show that this is an anomaly.

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The iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (PFF) is one of the largest full index-based Preferred stock ETFs. The VanEck Vectors Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF (PFXF) is like most Preferred stock ETFs, except it excludes the largest sector in that universe: Financial issuers.

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Algonquin Power & Utilities

VanEck Vectors BDC Income ETF

Blackstone Group

Blackstone Secured Lending Fund

Chevron

Energy Transfer LP Unit

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Tesla

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Exxon Mobil

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Arbor Realty Trust

ACRES Commercial Realty Corp.

ARMOUR Residential REIT

JPMorgan BetaBuilders MSCI US REIT ETF

Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc

Cherry Hill Mortgage

Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x Shares

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EPR Properties

Franklin BSP Realty Trust Inc

Four Corners Property Trust

Fidelity MSCI Real Estate ETF

First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital

iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF

Invesco Mortgage Capital

iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF

Nuveen Real Estate Income Fund

NexPoint Real Estate Finance

Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income Fund Inc

New York City REIT Inc

Realty Income Corp

U.S. equity markets closed out their worst year since the Financial Crisis with a fourth-straight week of declines as Treasury yields jumped back to seven-week highs on renewed inflation and COVID concerns. Dragging its full-year declines to nearly 20%, the S&P 500 slipped 0.1% this week while the tech-heavy Nasdaq dipped another 0.4%, shedding nearly a third of its value in 2022.

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Oxford Lane Capital

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Dynagas LNG Partners LP

Recent delistings of preferred issues show great disrespect for preferred stockholders. Large investor Blackstone (BX) recently announced a delisting related to $755 million of preferred stock.

Delisting Risk: A Growing Concern For Preferred Stock Investors

This year, preferred equities have lost moderate value as higher interest rates have lowered their present value. With real interest rates falling and inflation moderating, preferred equity funds like PFF should not continue to lose value from higher interest rates.

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Ford Motor Company

JPMorgan Chase & Co

Lincoln National

Prospect Capital

AT&T

Wells Fargo

Many preferred issues yield 6% or more and offer investors good dividend security since they are a senior form of equity.

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iShares' PFF includes hybrid securities and preferred stocks, or those which have preference over common shares for dividend payments. In this respect, a comparison with others in the fixed-income asset class shows PFF's income potential.

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Schwab Fundamental U.S. Large Company Index ETF

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iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF

 SPDR Blackstone Senior Loan ETF

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The iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF is the largest preferred share ETF with $16.2 billion in assets. The investment risk centers on its over exposure to non-cumulative financial sector investments.

PFF: No Need For A Heavy Financial Preferred ETF

Similar to fixed income, wary investors might consider preferred instruments. But be careful, they suffer similar duration risks since they imitate fixed income exposures, maybe worse since they're like perpetuities.

PFF Is Levered To Rate Hikes

PFF is the most popular preferred shares ETF with $16B of AUM. It pays a 4.64% dividend yield while charging a 0.46% expense ratio.

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Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF

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PFF is a diversified preferred shares index ETF. The fund offers investors an above-average 4.7% dividend yield, but little else.

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