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PFF

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF

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PFF

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF

How To Buy
  • Fees as stated in the prospectus Expense Ratio: 0.46%

Overview

Why PFF?

1. Exposure to U.S. preferred stocks, which have characteristics of bonds (pay a fixed dividend) and stocks (represent ownership in a company)

 

2. Access to the domestic preferred stock market in a single fund

 

3. Use to pursue income that can be competitive with high yield bonds

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated preferred and hybrid securities.
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Performance

Performance

  • Returns

  2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total Return (%) Total return represents changes to the NAV and accounts for distributions from the fund. 4.62 1.26 8.33 -4.77 15.62
Market Price (%) Market price return represents changes to the midpoint price and accounts for distributions from the fund. The midpoint is the average of the bid-ask prices at 4:00 PM ET (when NAV is normally determined for most funds). 4.30 1.28 8.07 -4.63 15.92
Benchmark (%) Index: ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index. On 11/1/2019 PFF began to track the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index. Index data on and after 11/1/2019 is for the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index. Historical data on and after 2/1/2019 through 10/31/2019 is for the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Transition Index. Historical Index data prior to 2/1/2019 is for the S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index. 5.47 1.94 9.11 -4.25 16.92
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted.

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The Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 chart reflects a hypothetical $10,000 investment and assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Fund expenses, including management fees and other expenses were deducted.

The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted, and numbers may reflect small variances due to rounding. Standardized performance and performance data current to the most recent month end may be found in the Performance section.

Distributions

Ex-Date Total Distribution Income
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Distributions Schedule
Record Date Ex-Date Payable Date Total Distribution Current year distributions are not classified as “Income,” “Short-Term Capital Gains,” “Long-Term Capital Gains,” or “Return of Capital” until calendar year-end. Income ST Cap Gains LT Cap Gains Return of Capital

Premium/Discount

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Key Facts

Key Facts

Net Assets as of Feb 18, 2020 $17,986,880,315
Inception Date Mar 26, 2007
Exchange NASDAQ
Asset Class Equity
Benchmark Index On 11/1/2019 PFF began to track the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index. Index data on and after 11/1/2019 is for the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index. Historical data on and after 2/1/2019 through 10/31/2019 is for the ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Transition Index. Historical Index data prior to 2/1/2019 is for the S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index. ICE Exchange-Listed Preferred & Hybrid Securities Index
Bloomberg Index Ticker PHGY
Shares Outstanding as of Feb 18, 2020 470,850,000
Number of Holdings The number of holdings in the fund excluding cash positions and derivatives such as futures and currency forwards. as of Feb 18, 2020 486
Premium/Discount The amount the Fund is trading above or below the reported NAV expressed as a percentage of the NAV. When the fund's market price is greater than the fund’s NAV, it is said to be trading at a "Premium" and the percentage is expressed as a positive number. When the fund's market price is less than the fund’s NAV, it is said to be trading at a "Discount" and the percentage is expressed as a negative number. as of Feb 18, 2020 0.12%
CUSIP 464288687
Closing Price as of Feb 18, 2020 38.24
Mid-Point Price The midpoint between the highest bid and the lowest offer on the listing exchange, as of the time that the Fund's NAV is calculated (usually 4:00 pm eastern time for most funds). as of Feb 18, 2020 38.25
Options Available Yes
20 Day Avg. Volume The average number of shares traded in a security across all U.S. exchanges over the last 20 trading days. as of Feb 18, 2020 3,574,445.50
Daily Volume The number of shares traded in a security across all U.S. exchanges on the date indicated. as of Feb 18, 2020 2,716,536.00
NAIC Designated (Schedule D Eligible)

Portfolio Characteristics

Portfolio Characteristics

Equity Beta (3y) Beta is a measure of the tendency of securities to move with the market as a whole. A beta of 1 indicates that the security&#39;s price will move with the market. A beta less than 1 indicates the security tends to be less volatile than the market, while a beta greater than 1 indicates the security is more volatile than the market.<br/><br/>Calculated vs. S&amp;P 500 as of Jan 31, 2020 0.19
Standard Deviation (3y) Standard deviation measures how dispersed returns are around the average. A higher standard deviation indicates that returns are spread out over a larger range of values and thus, more volatile. as of Jan 31, 2020 4.57%
12m Trailing Yield The yield an investor would have received if they had held the fund over the last twelve months assuming the most recent NAV. The 12-Month yield is calculated by assuming any income distributions over the past twelve months and dividing by the sum of the most recent NAV and any capital gain distributions made over the past twelve months. as of Dec 31, 2019 5.32%
30 Day SEC Yield A standard calculation of yield introduced by the SEC in order to provide fairer comparison among funds. This yield reflects the interest earned after deducting the fund&#39;s expenses during the most recent 30-day period by the average investor in the fund. Negative 30-Day SEC Yield results when accrued expenses of the past 30 days exceed the income collected during the past 30 days. as of Dec 31, 2019 4.54%
This information must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus. For standardized performance, please see the Performance section above.

Sustainability Characteristics

Sustainability Characteristics

ESG metrics help investors evaluate companies based on environmental, social, and governance risks and opportunities — and the companies’ ability to manage them. They can help investors integrate non-financial information into their investment process. Learn more.

MSCI ESG Rating The MSCI ESG Rating for funds is designed to measure the resiliency of portfolios to long-term ESG risks and opportunities. The most highly rated funds consist of issuers with leading or improving management of key ESG risks. The ESG Rating is calculated as a direct mapping of ESG Quality Scores to letter rating categories (e.g. AAA = 8.6-10). The ESG Ratings range from leader (AAA, AA), average (A, BBB, BB) to laggard (B, CCC). as of Jan 01, 2020 BB
MSCI ESG Quality Score The MSCI ESG Quality Score (0 - 10) for funds is calculated using the weighted average of the ESG scores of fund holdings. The Score also considers ESG Rating trend of holdings and the fund exposure to holdings in the laggard category. MSCI rates underlying holdings according to their exposure to 37 industry specific ESG risks and their ability to manage those risks relative to peers. These issuer-level ESG ratings correspond to an issuer-level ESG Score. as of Jan 01, 2020 3.5
MSCI ESG Quality Score - Peer Percentile The MSCI ESG Quality Score - Peer Percentile for funds is a percentile of funds in the same peer group, based on their ESG Quality Scores. as of Jan 01, 2020 9.09%
MSCI ESG % Coverage Percent by weight of a fund&#39;s holdings that have ESG Data. as of Jan 01, 2020 82.13%
Fund Lipper Global Classification The fund peer group as defined by the Lipper Global Classification. as of Jan 01, 2020 Mixed Asset USD Conservative
MSCI Weighted Average Carbon Intensity
(Tons CO2E/$M SALES) The MSCI Weighted Average Carbon Intensity measures a fund&#39;s exposure to carbon intensive companies. This figure represents the estimated greenhouse gas emissions per $1 million in sales across the fund’s holdings. The figure is a sum of the normalized security weight multiplied by the security Carbon Intensity. This allows for comparisons between funds of different sizes. as of Jan 01, 2020 367.01
Fund Lipper Global Classification Size The number of funds used to calculate the MSCI ESG Quality Score - Peer Percentile. This is based on the Lipper Global Classification and reflects the funds that are in the MSCI ESG Fund Metrics coverage universe. as of Jan 01, 2020 77
All data is from MSCI ESG Fund Ratings as of Jan 01, 2020, based on holdings as of Oct 31, 2019.

For newly launched funds, sustainability characteristics are typically available 6 months after launch.

 

To be included in MSCI ESG Fund Ratings, 65% of the fund’s underlying holdings (excluding cash positions) must be covered by MSCI ESG Research, the fund’s holdings date must be less than one year old, and the fund must have at least ten securities.

 

Inclusion of Sustainability Characteristics is not indicative of a fund’s investment objective, nor is it an implication that a fund employs an ESG-related portfolio management strategy.

Holdings

Holdings