PFF vs XLI

iShares Preferred & Income Securities ETF vs Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund

Quick take
  • • XLI has the lower expense ratio at 0.08% vs 0.45% for PFF.
  • • PFF pays a higher dividend yield (5.73%).

Side-by-side metrics

MetricPFFXLI
Expense ratio
Annual fee. Lower is better.
0.45%0.08%
Dividend yield
Trailing 12-month yield.
5.73%1.13%
AUM
Assets under management — bigger funds are typically more liquid.
$11.67B$31.20B
YTD return
-3.28%9.74%
1-year return
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3-year return
Annualized.
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5-year return
Annualized.
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10-year return
Annualized.
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Beta (3Y)
Volatility relative to the market. Closer to 1 = market-like.
0.791.00
P/E ratio
3.5227.47
Last price
$28.36$171.29
Inception
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Issuer
iSharesState Street

PFF top holdings

Top holdings · PFF
XTSLABlackRock Cash Funds Treasury SL Agency1.30%
Sector breakdown · PFF
Technology5.9%
Utilities80.7%
Healthcare13.4%

XLI top holdings

Top holdings · XLI
GEGE Aerospace5.88%
CATCaterpillar Inc5.38%
RTXRTX Corp5.06%
GEVGE Vernova Inc4.29%
UNPUnion Pacific Corp3.39%
DEDeere & Co3.19%
ETNEaton Corp PLC2.70%
BABoeing Co2.55%
UBERUber Technologies Inc2.50%
LMTLockheed Martin Corp2.43%
Sector breakdown · XLI
Consumer Cyclical0.2%
Basic Materials0.4%
Technology6.5%
Industrials93.0%

About PFF

PFF (iShares Preferred & Income Securities ETF) is US preferred stocks and hybrid income securities. Managed by iShares, the fund carries $11.7B in assets under management, an expense ratio of 0.45%, a dividend yield of 5.73%. Its largest holding is BlackRock Cash Funds Treasury SL Agency (XTSLA), which represents 1.3% of the portfolio. Technology is the fund's largest sector exposure at 5.9%.

About XLI

XLI (Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund) is S&P 500 industrials sector. Managed by State Street, the fund carries $31.2B in assets under management, an expense ratio of 0.08%, a dividend yield of 1.13%. Its largest holding is GE Aerospace (GE), which represents 5.9% of the portfolio. Consumer Cyclical is the fund's largest sector exposure at 0.2%.